Before Ordination

My Ordination Council is coming up in two days, and as I’ve been preparing I’ve had several Scriptures ringing in my ears. One of these is 2 Timothy 2:15…

The thought of “rightly handling the word of truth” is overwhelming. Verses like Isaiah 55:8-9 and Romans 11:33 and 1 Peter 4:11a (“…whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God“) make my knees buckle. But praise God for 1 Peter 4:11b! It says, “…as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To Him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” Praise God for all the verses in that vein! Philippians 2:13 comes to mind as well. “…for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.”

Amen to that!