JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Endurance, today’s Daily Challenge motivates us to hold out the word of life to this present generation.

Philippians 2:14 says, “Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation’. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life.”

In a relay race, runners carry a baton and pass it along to the next runner. That is, in a sense, how the Gospel passes to the next generation. As we hold out the word of life that we have been holding on to, the gospel gets passed along to those who accept God’s good news.

Grumbling or arguing will undermine our witness for the Gospel. But if we have the attitude of Jesus, then our words will have life and point people to the saving grace found in Jesus.

Take the Daily Challenge to hold out the word of life to this present generation on the journey of faith.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com