“Grace be with you all” (1 Timothy 6:21)

Paul knew the pressure Timothy faced as he was young, leading a church filled with conflict, navigating personalities and doctrines that pulled in different directions. Timothy needed instruction, yes. But he also needed grace to carry what God had called him to do. That is still true for every believer. Grace is not passive. It is active and sustaining. It does not ignore the difficulty of what you are walking through. It meets you inside it and says, “You are held. You are loved. You are equipped not by your strength alone but by what I supply. I am sufficient for you” (1 Corinthians 12:9).

~Dr. R. L. Taylor, Bible Expositor; Teaching with God’s grace & power