Day 2: Faithfulness at a great cost

2 Timothy 4:1-5

Everyone likes to be told they're right; it's flattering, and it makes us feel smart. On the other hand, people don't like to be told they're wrong; it makes them feel awkward and uncomfortable. This has always been true, even for members of the early Church.

Sometime God will use people to tell us thing that are hard to hear--things that cause us to recognize we're not acting as we should. Instead of running from such teaching (or dismissing it as wrong), we need to be open to it. If we don't, then we'll leave ourselves vulnerable to false teachers who tell us exactly what we want to hear. No one is right 100 percent of the time (not even you), so never assume you don't need someone to challenge you now and then.

How do you respond when you hear difficult things that convict you?

Ask God to show you if you have the same problem these church people did.