Life brings up all sorts of situations. Some are happy and some are hard. What Paul is telling us in this Scripture verse is that whatever our condition we must seek in our lives and living to live and act in a way that commends the gospel of Jesus Christ.

We have believed the Gospel and we have received the blessings which follow such faith. These blessings are beyond price, summed up in the gift of eternal life. We rejoice in the hope of glory which is ours when this life is over, and our lives are hid in Christ with God. There is nothing more precious than this, and this gospel is a treasure we must not keep to ourselves.

People in the world are perishing for the want of this gospel. We who believe and have received the blessings of the gospel are the people who have the blessing of others in our hands. If we conduct ourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel, then people will see the beauty and blessing of the gospel, and may then be moved to enquire into the gospel, and eventually embrace it and put their trust in Christ. If our conduct is not in a manner worthy of the gospel, people will be turned away from the gospel, and the opportunity to be saved, and know the hope of the glory of God will be denied them.

Our responsibility is great. When times are hard it will also be more hard to live commending the gospel. When times are good we may grow careless in the way we live. Let us seek the grace of the Holy Spirit to live in a way that is worthy of our profession whatever our situation.