“Finally, dear brothers and sisters, a we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.” -1 Thessalonians 4:1
It is so easy to get comfortable. You have had a busy day, worked hard, and have come home. There are things to do but you sit down and … that’s it. We learn that to get some other things done we better not sit down, we better keep going.
It is also easy to get comfortable spiritually. In writing to the church of the Thessalonians Paul urges them to live in a way that pleases the Lord. He notes they are already doing this. Then he encourages them to do so even more. We can seek to live to please God to a certain point. Then we get comfortable, or maybe are avoiding the uncomfortable if we press any further in living the life Jesus wants us to live. Trusting in Jesus, however, challenges us to become more and more like Jesus throughout our lives – to live in a way that pleases God and to do so even more.
Perhaps it is time for us to trust that living to please God even more throughout our lives is what is best for us. Perhaps it is time to trust that pleasing God even more, though it may mean sacrifice and uncomfortable changes is worth it both now and when Jesus returns. Perhaps it is time to trust that when we decide to live to please God even more, that God will use our example, heart, and words to draw someone else into a growing relationship with Jesus; that someone else will be rescued from the day of judgment and now know Jesus and eternal life because we kept following Jesus more and more.
Father, I choose to trust that living to please You more and more will be for my good, and will draw others to faith in You.
JT
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