The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in 2 Thessalonians 3:5,
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"May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance."
Paul's blessing for the church in Thessalonica reminds me that it is the Lord himself that directs me into the love of God and it is the Lord himself that keeps me strong until the end - perseverance.
In another letter Paul asks the Lord to help his readers grasp the full dimension of the love of Jesus Christ for them, "I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." Ephesians 3:17-19.
Paul's blessing for the church in Thessalonica reminds me that it is the Lord himself that directs me into the love of God and it is the Lord himself that keeps me strong until the end - perseverance.
In another letter Paul asks the Lord to help his readers grasp the full dimension of the love of Jesus Christ for them, "I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." Ephesians 3:17-19.
The Lord wants us to know how much he loves us and he wants us to know that we will never be separated from that love, "I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39. Having a full recognition of this is life-transforming, as Paul says in the Ephesian passage: "filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."
It is the Lord himself that keeps us in him. I can't keep myself saved, but the Lord certainly can. Nothing can separate me from my life with him. We call it perseverance. "He [Jesus Christ] will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful." 1 Corinthians 1:8-9. Paul references nothing short of the faithfulness of the Lord as that which guarantees that we will be kept in him.
What the Lord does for us is sweeping and breath-taking. What love he has lavished on us!
It is the Lord himself that keeps us in him. I can't keep myself saved, but the Lord certainly can. Nothing can separate me from my life with him. We call it perseverance. "He [Jesus Christ] will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful." 1 Corinthians 1:8-9. Paul references nothing short of the faithfulness of the Lord as that which guarantees that we will be kept in him.
What the Lord does for us is sweeping and breath-taking. What love he has lavished on us!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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