Daily Devotional

February 6th 2026

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I’m passing this work on to you, my son Timothy. The prophetic word that was directed to you prepared us for this. All those prayers are coming together now so you will do this well, fearless in your struggle, keeping a firm grip on your faith and on yourself. After all, this is a fight we’re in. There are some, you know, who by relaxing their grip and thinking anything goes have made a thorough mess of their faith. —I Timothy 1:18, 19 (MSG)

Christianity is warfare, and there is no exit until the end. The moment we begin our Christian lives we enter a life-long battle. Many Christians today forget that. Spread around somewhat by a lot of misleading teaching is a widespread attitude today that when we come to Christ, God begins working for us, so everything must work out the way we want it to.
But that’s incorrect. If that’s the sign of being in God’s will, then Paul was out of God’s will. He was in a battle, and he tells Timothy to expect the same.
Paul is talking about being a Christian, about living a Christ-like life amid dangerous pressures and countering forces. That is the battle—to be real in a world of illusion; not to chase after all the fantasies that the world falls for; not to allow ourselves to think wrongly about what is going on in society, but to get God’s point of view; to see things the way they are and to deal honestly, realistically, and openly with everything that comes.
That is the way Jesus dealt with life. He did not hide away. He was out in the marketplaces among people, and under the pressures and dangers of everyday life. He was a realist who dealt earnestly and honestly with life.
The battle to which Paul refers is being a loving person who has concern and compassion for people in times of harassment, when others are giving way to hate, violence and bigotry. The battle is to live redemptively among those who have lost their way, to urge them to reject that which is destroying them, to be involved with them and to offer to bring them back into a relationship of truth and reality. The battle is to live our lives for a purpose, not merely to spend it on self.
To live lives of comfort is not the call of Christ. Our call is to fight the good fight of faith.

Prayer: Lord, thank You that You have supplied us with all we need to fight the world, the flesh, and the devil. As we go today, grant us the wisdom to lean on You as we fight the good fight of faith. In the name of Jesus, our Christ, we pray. AMEN!

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