Day 21 - SL 40 Days
Day 21:
2 Timothy 2:15: “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.”
Devotion:
One of the most common mistakes people make when reading the Bible is pulling a verse out of its context. A verse without context can sound like it means almost anything. Paul tells Timothy to be someone who “rightly handles” the Word. That takes work. It means reading the verses around it, learning who wrote it, and understanding why. Jeremiah 29:11 is one of the most popular verses ever, but most people do not know it was written to people living in exile, people who had lost everything. When you know that, the promise hits completely differently. Context does not shrink Scripture. It makes it more powerful.
Questions:
- Have you ever found out a verse meant something different than you thought? How did that change things for you?
- Why does it matter who wrote a book of the Bible and who they were writing to?
- How does knowing Jeremiah 29:11 was written to people in exile change the way the promise feels?
