Today’s Bible Reading:
2 Samuel 21-23; 1 Thessalonians 1
Topic: Calling
SCRIPTURE: 1 Thessalonians 1:3
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 Thess 1:3 NIV)
OBSERVATION:
This letter from “Paul,
Silas and Timothy” (v. 1) uses an intriguing literary device of three trios
of words to commend the Christians in Thessalonica:
work produced by
faith
labor prompted by
love
endurance inspired by
hope
When Father God calls us to a mission—to accomplish
something, it is by faith that we
understand what that work is to be, and
take the necessary action to produce
it—to bring that call to fruition. It is by
love (our love for Him and the love he has given us for others) that prompts us to labor for that call—to be motivated to expend the energy and effort
for the task to be done. And when the undertaking gets hard, it is our hope in Christ that inspires us to endure to
the end.
APPLICATION:
My faith produces the work of my calling; love prompts me to
put forth the effort; and my hope in Christ inspires me to endure to the
fruition.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank You for the faith, hope and love You have placed
within me to accomplish Your calling to me.
Through Christ. Amen.
–AP
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