More Encouragement

 Meditations on 2 Thessalonians

June 30, 2021

More Encouragement

So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call.

2 Thessalonians 1:11

Read: 2 Thessalonians 1: 7b-12

In the first half of today’s reading, Paul affirms that when Jesus returns, in glory and with mighty angels, he will bring judgement on the earth. Those who have made the choice to obey the Gospel will live eternally with the glorious Lord Jesus. Those who refused to obey Jesus will be eternally separated “from the Lord and from his glorious power.” (v.9)

How do we prepare to receive our glorious King? Recently, I led the pastoral prayer in my church, and I incorporated Paul’s encouragement in today’s passage into my prayer:

We ask you to enable us to live a life worthy of your call. Please empower us to accomplish all the good things our faith prompts us to do. Gracious Lord, it is the desire of our hearts that the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored because of the way we live, and we trust you are at work in our lives to bring this desire into a reality.

My Takeaway: Paul closed with a reminder that such prayers are not pie in the sky:

“This is all made possible because of the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ.” (v.12)

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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