Issue 14 - Day 4

1 Thessalonians 2

1 Thessalonians 2:9-12
9)  For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
10)  Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
11)  As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
12)  That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

Paul was never one to blow his own trumpet, however he often had to remind people of how he had acted. Why? To encourage them to act in the same manner. This is why your actions and reactions are so vital to your witness. Everything you do or say is under the microscope, and your friends and relatives remember the bad more than the good most of the time.

Can you genuinely say to your friends, “you remember how holily and justly and umblameably we behaved ourselves among you?” This is why your walk, how you life your life, is the most preached subject in any church worth attending. We have all been called to glory, that is to an eternity with Christ, and to the kingdom of God. This kingdom is the spiritual kingdom that is God reigning in the heart of every believer, the kingdom that is all about our lives now. In contrast, the kingdom of heaven is physical, and has everything to do with the return of Christ to rule as the Messiah, and therefore is connected to the call to glory.

We are called to be part of both kingdoms. Look to the future, seeking the return of Christ, and live in the present walking worthy of Christ.