Endurance

 Amos 7-9; Psalms. 104; Titus 2 

“You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine. Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.”

Titus 2:1, 2

Theology is important regardless of our age; however, why teach the older men to endure?

It’s possible for older men to feel they have raised their children to follow the Lord, they’ve worked hard to provide for their family, and now in their later years, it is “me time”. Rather than endure and persevere in the race marked out for them, they take a “time out”. The enemy of our souls looks to exploit our “time outs” and “me times” to damage our character and destroy all we have received in Christ.

Will we endure patiently, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, so that we, too, will finish well?

“Lord Jesus, my eyes are on you. Fill me with grace to run well in every season of life, for your glory.”