What should you do when you feel overwhelmed, opposed, or tempted to compromise or just give up?

This second letter Timothy from a prison cell truly has to be the most beautiful penned letter. Paul has asked Timothy to join with him in suffering for the gospel calling him to behave like a soldier, athlete and a farmer. Life is difficult. You have faced many challenges and even today you are wondering how to answer the question I pose in the title. Here are 3 words in the next few verses that Paul writes …

“Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, ⁹ for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained. ¹⁰ Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.” (2 Timothy 2 v 8-10)

Sometimes platitudes or cheap encouragement isn’t what we need. Instead, we need someone who comes along and anchors everything in the bedrock reality of who Jesus is and what that means for those who serve Him. Remember Jesus Christ. This isn’t merely a call to intellectual recall, but to active, transformative remembrance that shapes how we live and serve.

Remember Jesus Christ. Raised from the dead. The resurrection is the ultimate validation of Jesus’ claims and the guarantee of our hope. He is alive. All that you read in the Bible of Jesus, this is not about someone who is dead, remember, He is alive.

Remember Jesus Christ. Descended from David – Jesus is the promised Messiah, all of God’s covenant promises found from the start of the Old Testament to the end of the New are fulfilled in Him.

Paul says: Remember who you’re serving. Remember that the One you follow conquered death itself. This is not merely backward-looking. To remember is to make present, to allow past events to inform and transform current reality. When we remember Jesus Christ, we don’t simply recall historical facts; we invite His presence, power, and purposes to shape our daily lives. This has the power to change every aspect of how we are coping in the circumstance we find ourselves in.

Wherever you are today … remember Jesus Christ, not just as a historical figure or religious icon, but as the living Lord who loves you, saves you, and calls you into abundant life.

In remembering Him, we find our truest identity, our deepest purpose, and our greatest hope. We discover that He is not only worthy of our remembrance but actively present with us as we remember.

There is power in remembrance.