Be Still . . .
Devotionals for Daily Living ©
We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers. We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
(1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 (NIV))
What a testimony of faith this passage is!
Paul, the man whom Jesus picked to be His messenger to the Gentiles, praises the church of the Thessalonians.
Faith, hope and love!
They held fast to these precepts and did it well enough to be lifted up to God in prayer as an example of how it should be done.
Do we live up to that example?
Would Paul thank God for us in the same way that he thanked God for the church of the Thessalonians?
In self-reflection, I find myself lacking. I find myself not always responding the way that I desire to respond. Human nature takes over just when you don’t want it to. It is a constant struggle that every person has no matter what you desire to do. Still, it is a goal that we should all have.
It is a matter of priorities!
Do you long to be someone that people thank God for?
Copyright 1998 – 2015 Dennis J. Smock
Daily Living Ministries, Inc.
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