Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—2 Timothy 2:1-10
by: Jerry Johnson.
I love this passage because I am a soldier. Since 2006, I have had the chance to go to Eastern Afghanistan on three deployments of 16, 12, and 9 months with the 10th Mountain Division. In each case, there were innumerable hardships—from leaving behind my wife and four sons to seeing service members killed in combat. I remained true to my calling and am in a sense “proud” to wear the uniform for my country. How much prouder should I be to have complete commitment to Christ? Athletes and farmers offer a similar analogy here—hard work and sacrifice for the cause of Christ.