Today's full reading: 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18
"In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us...For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: 'If a man will not work, he shall not eat.'" (2 Thessalonians 3:6, 10 NIV)
Not unlike the burden I have for today's young adults and college age students, Paul was concerned about idleness among those who claimed to be Christ followers in the first century church. By God's design we are all wired differently. And, because of our personalities some of us are more prone to become idle. The idle person spends far to much time talking and far to little time working. However, God desires something drastically different from those who follow his son; he is looking for our obedience and faithfulness to his word everyday.
Today, as an act of worship, confess to the Lord any sin of idleness you have lingered in. Ask the Lord for his guiding wisdom to enable you to be completely obedient to his word today.
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