Title: Model Examples
Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. – 1 Timothy 4:12b
God gave Joseph and Mary an assignment: Be a steward of the life of God’s Son. And they did what was required —they were faithful. They weren’t chosen for this assignment because they were perfect, but because they were willing, obedient, and steadfast. Those traits of Mary and Joseph make them an example of faithfulness.
The example we need to follow is to bring the living Christ into the world around us and reveal Him to those who don’t know Him. We already have many responsibilities: marriage, family, finances, the grace of God in us, the gifts of God given to us, the Spirit, and the Word of God. In all these, we must be found faithful.
