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IBS 54 - 2 Timothy 2:2

2 Timothy 2:2
“And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.”

Entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. I desire to be someone who can be entrusted. I want people to know they can come to me with anything and trust me. There are always those people who you know you can’t trust with anything. I used to be one of those people. It might not have been that people knew they couldn’t trust me. But I knew they couldn’t. Whatever they told me, I’d go and tell my friends. I wasn’t someone who trustworthy or reliable. 
I’ve changed though, thankfully. I’ve learned to be trustworthy. I’ve learned it’s better to have people trust you then not. I’ve learned the hurt and experienced the discipline of not being trustworthy. My eyes have been opened to the damage it causes when someone comes to me wanting to trust me and rely on me, and I turn around and gossip about it or not due what was asked of me. I’ve seen the pain in peoples eyes when they realize that I’m not at all trustworthy. Seeing that pain has pained me, and I’ve challenged myself and prayed that I would change. 
I now desire to be someone other people can trust. That when I look in their eyes, I don’t see disapproval, disappointment, and pain, but I see thankfulness. And as I become a stronger person who is more reliable, I’ll began to be able to teach others. I’ll be more qualified. Gods words will flow through me, for I’ll be a trustworthy person. People who aren’t dependable don’t have a strong Godly connection and don’t have His words filling them. I would know, I was that. As I grow, I have begun to see the filling of the Holy Spirit in my and the pouring out that He’s qualified me to do. 


Application: I’ll write reliable on my wrist as a reminder to be reliable and in so doing become more qualified to teach others. 

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