Be Still . . .
Devotionals for Daily Living ©
Rejoice always,
(1 Thessalonians 5:16 (NIV))
I am the first to admit that this is not always the easiest thing to do. God didn’t stop there!
pray continually,
(1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NIV))
Am I the only one who has trouble doing this even though I long to be able to say that I do pray continually?
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV))
Third strike!
If this were a baseball game, I am sure that my batting average is far less than perfect.
Have you ever wondered why the easiest sounding instructions that God has given us are always the most difficult to carry through with? Sadly, because of our fallen, sinful human nature, it usually just gets worse from here. Thankfully, even when we are at our worst, God’s love for us is at His best.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
(John 3:16 (NIV))
Do you believe?
I realize that this is another seemingly easy thing to answer, but God realized that He needed to make things simple for us. We will still mess up on the easy things, but we have a simple way to be restored and be embraced by God’s love. We must believe. We may not always be able to say that we are able to rejoice. We may not be able to pray continually, and we definitely will have problems giving thanks in all circumstances, but we can rest assured that our belief in Jesus as God’s one and only Son will redeem us.
Can you do these things?
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