II Corinthians 1:12-22
Dear RTB’ers,
As we near the end of this 16th year of RTB, I’m asking myself if I can apply Paul’s “boast” to myself? He says, For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. (v. 12) Could I say the same thing of myself with respect to RTB and you RTB readers: For my boast is this, the testimony of my conscience, that I behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. I have never claimed much in the way of Biblical training –only experience borne out of some 40+ years of reading Scripture on a daily basis. I pray that some “simplicity and godly sincerity” on my part has come through in my leadership, in my many posts these many years. My only reward comes from you telling me and others that you are growing in the Lord. That’s the essence of Paul’s boast, …it is through Him that we utter our Amen to God for His glory. And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put His seal on us and given us His Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. (vv. 20b-22)
Blessings!