In 1 Timothy 3 & 4, Paul reminds Timothy God is a God of order and peace. Paul's heart reflected God's heart - to maintain peace in God's household, the Church of the Living God, the pillar and foundation of truth. Your life is an outward sign of your inward relationship with the Lord. Your life reflects the status of your love and devotion to following Jesus. As you pursue Jesus with all your guts, He gives you all you need to walk in His righteousness. Paul was honest about the struggles Timothy would face. We face those same struggles today. It's up to us to choose to pursue Jesus with every exhale in spite of the growing tensions in the world around us. God doesn't ask for perfection, He asks us to be desperate for Jesus and life a lifestyle of desperation for Jesus. As we continue to pursue Jesus, we will fall more and more in love with Him - and there's nothing He wants more.