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| “Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you…” |
| —2 Timothy 1:14a |
When someone gives you a valuable treasure, you want to do everything in your power to guard it. You may purchase a safe and have it installed in a fashion that no burglar can remove it or open it.
Several years ago, my wife called my attention to our back yard. Across the way, a neighbor had a crew of men laying down very heavy planking topped with thick plywood. Soon this group of six men appeared wrestling a very large safe across the lawn on a special skid-type dolly. It took them a long time to get the safe mounted onto the wooden pathway they had created. Then, they used a come-along to winch the safe up onto the back deck of the home.
Once they got it inside, we lost track of their progress. But, when I went to McDonald’s for lunch, I noticed their truck was still there. On my way back, a concrete truck had extended its chute to one of the basement windows. Obviously, they were installing this safe in a fashion to secure it permanently.
It was interesting that within a few short months, this family moved. I imagine the new owners had a somewhat puzzling discovery when they found this very large safe in the basement of their newly purchased home.
The deposit that God has made in our behalf as “Christ’s-ones” surely requires us to guard that deposit with significant attention. At least that’s what the Apostle Paul wrote to his son-in-the-faith, Timothy, in 2 Timothy 1:13-14:
What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
We all do well, at the beginning of another day, to guard the deposit of truth that God has given us, so that we can enthusiastically and graciously share this truth with all who may cross the pathway of our lives. We need not do so in an obnoxious way. But, we always need to be ready to humbly declare the wonderful news of the salvation that God offers through His precious Son, Jesus.
