Wednesday, January 24 With someone loyal you act in loyalty.​—Ps. 18:25.

[Áine]

Wednesday, January 24

With someone loyal you act in loyalty.—Ps. 18:25.

 

As we get closer to the end of this system of things, we can expect challenges to come from within the congregation. Those challenges could test our loyalty to Jehovah. So we must keep our senses. If you feel mistreated by a fellow Christian, do not allow yourself to become bitter. If you receive discipline, look beyond the embarrassment, accept the counsel, and make the needed adjustments. And when Jehovah’s organization makes changes that affect you personally, wholeheartedly accept them and obey the direction. Maintain your trust in Jehovah and his organization when your loyalty is tested. Stay calm, think clearly, and see matters from Jehovah’s perspective. Pray to Jehovah for help. And never isolate yourself from the congregation. Then, come what may, Satan will not be able to separate you from Jehovah or His organization.—Jas. 4:7. w22.11 24-25 ¶14-16

[Wayne]

Some experiences could easily lead us to nurse negative feelings. Instead, God's word helps us to develop Insight and Mercy.  When disappointed, be patient.

 

Willing to be trained by him. Be ASSURED that “Jehovah himself will not hold back anything good from those walking in faithfulness.”—Ps. 84:11,12. 😊

[Mike047]

It would seem from AGM Part II that the GB are aware that we have not come through the Covid pandemic unscathed. We are still trying to show love to each other, but our spiritual life has suffered, and it takes more effort just to keep things going. It sometimes seems like being on a treadmill and the pace of movement barely keeps us at the same point, let alone moving forward. That is one of our fervent prayers, that Jehovah will see our willing heart and attribute to us what we want to be, and not perhaps what we are. 

 

We just need to keep going, to 'endure to the end' and look forward to the future with a 'blazing hope'.