Charles Spurgeon Commentary 2 Timothy 1:6

"For which cause I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee through the laying on of my hands." — 2 Timothy 1:6 (ASV)

Therefore I put you in remembrance that you stir up the gift of God, which is in you by the putting on of my hands.

Stir up your gifts like a fire. It will not burn without poking sometimes. Stir it up. And every now and then it is a good thing to have our heart stirred up, aroused, quickened, brought to a higher diligence. We must try to do this.

Perhaps there are some dear friends here who have a large measure of latent gift, dormant faculty. Stir up the gift that is in you.

Therefore I put you in remembrance—

Paul had been speaking of his own remembrance of Timothy, and of Timothy's faith, and now he says, "Therefore I put you in remembrance"—

That you stir up the gift of God, which is in you by the putting on of my hands.

The best of fires need stirring sometimes; and the best gift of God, even the sacred fire of the Holy Spirit, may sometimes burn low in the heart, so that we need to stir up the gift of God that is within us. There are some brothers and sisters, also, who have more God-given gifts within them than they realize. They have never searched for them, so they allow them to lie hidden away unobserved and useless. We need to stir up our gifts as well as our graces, and to use to God's glory all the powers with which he has entrusted us.

Wherefore I put you in remembrance that you stir up the gift of God, which is in you by the putting on of my hands.

The fire needs stirring every now and then; it is apt to die out if it is not stirred.