Advancing In Life · Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all (1 Timothy 4:15). The Word of God has a ministry in our lives, and this is something that needs to be emphasized in the body of Christ. The Christian ought to be voracious for the Word. You have to always open your heart and mind to the Word to build, strengthen, and establish you permanently to enjoy all that God has made available to you in Christ. We read the Apostle Paul’s admonition to the young man Timothy, saying, Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them…. What things was he referring to? In the preceding chapters of 1 Timothy, Paul had shared specific and vital truths from God’s Word with Timothy; it was those revelations he urged him to meditate upon. If the Spirit thought it fit to give Timothy such vital counsel through the Apostle Paul, then it’s equally befitting to us today. We’re to constantly meditate on the revelation of God’s Word that we’ve received. Notice also that he said to him, …give thyself wholly to them… That means, yield yourself completely to the Word. Allow the Word to have power over your life. Let it dominate your thinking, influence your words, and propel your actions. Yielding yourself to the Word is a conscious and deliberate response, initiated from your spirit to the Word of God. Imagine that someone said to you, Get up, and you promptly obliged, especially upon due contemplation of the instruction, and consideration of the one from whom it came, you’ve yielded yourself to that instruction. As a result, you’ll then enjoy the benefits of the instruction. The benefit of yielding yourself wholly to the Word is that your profiting will appear to all. The Greek word translated profiting is prokope, which means furtherance, progress or advancement. This means you’ll make advancement by the Word; your progress becomes apparent when the Word is final authority in your life. The phrase, may appear in our opening verse actually means more than something coming casually into sight; the Greek term is Phaneros, which means, to spread abroad. Your advancement, furtherance, and prosperity will spread abroad, become widely and openly known, as you meditate and yield yourself wholly and completely to the Word of God.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 09:49:36 +0000