II Timothy 2: 25-26
Gently instruct those who oppose the Truth. Perhaps God will change those people's hearts and they will learn the Truth. Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil's trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants.
O my Father, when I read these verses I think of those I love, who do not know You yet. They have been caught by the enemy and are imprisoned in his trap, held captive by him to do what he wants. They think they're making their own choices.
O Father, please give me opportunity to say Your words to them, words of grace and Truth, words that would be hard for them to hear, but clothed in velvet. Words that will grab hold on them and draw them out of the devil's trap, back to You. Help me, Father, to "snatch them out of the flames" so they can live, not die. So their lives can be filled with Your vibrant Life, not the deadness the enemy wants to inflict on them.
Grant me Your grace for them, Your understanding, gentleness, compassion and attraction; Your beauty, Father, reflected through me to them, to draw them back to You.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
