📖 "Till I come, devote yourself to [public and private] reading, to exhortation (preaching and personal appeals), and to teaching and instilling doctrine. Do not neglect the gift which is in you, [that special inward endowment] which was directly imparted to you [by the Holy Spirit] by prophetic utterance when the elders laid their hands upon you [at your ordination]. Practice and cultivate and meditate upon these duties; throw yourself wholly into them [as your ministry], so that your progress may be evident to everybody.” -I Timothy 4:13-15 Amplified Bible Classic Edition
As believers, we should devote ourselves to reading and studying the Word of God. The Word is the key to our success in this life. Another key is to cultivate and develop the giftings and callings that are on the inside of us. We are not to neglect them. The gifts are what will bring us before great men and cause us to fulfill the purpose that God preordained for us to walk in. We are to throw ourselves wholly into them so that our progress will be evident to the rest of the world. We must be diligent in our business. We must be diligent in the Word. We must be diligent to whatever God has called us to. It is the prerequisite to our becoming more and more. It is how we go from glory to glory. It is how we eventually get to the place where God says, “Well done thou good and faithful servant”!
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