“You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” (2 Tim.2:1)
Paul tells us that the source of our strength is the grace of God. We cannot stand unless His strength is ours. The Apostle will go on to challenge Timothy to have the direction of a student (v.2), the dedication of a soldier (v.3-4), the discipline of a sportsman (v.5), and the devotion of a sower (v.6). That takes the divine energizing of grace.
This is what John Newton suggests in “Amazing Grace.”
Through many dangers, toils and snares...
we have already come.
T'was Grace that brought us safe thus far...
and Grace will lead us home.
God not only gives us grace to save us and secure us, but to strengthen us day by day in the many challenges we face—dangers, toils, and snares. We could not overcome them in our own power, but we need not—grace is available to empower.
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