Today’s Reading: Proverbs 29-31; I Thessalonians 4
“Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification;”
“Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.”
1 Thessalonians 4:1-3; 9-12 ESV
Many of us know that we need to put God first in our lives. We go to church. We sing songs. We read the scriptures. We do the Small Groups. But are we putting God first? Now many of us have actually been able to reflect and put God first at every point of our daily life and our complete lives.
Even though we might have Him in our first thought of our lives, sometimes we can forget. Sometimes we get busy with other things. Sometimes we get distracted. God knows that it is hard for us to continue to be in his presence, but He is always open for us to be there. He is a loving God and He wants us to continuously come back and connect with him.
In Thessalonians, we see where the new church is having the same problems that we are having. Sometimes we put things before God and try to fill his place with the worldly things. But after many times, we find that those worldly items cannot fulfill us the same way that God. God understands our will and our want to connect with him. He is able to give us that fulfillment that these earthly items cannot fulfill. God is also loving the way that he is able to forgive us of all of our mistakes and misdoings. May we be blessed this week, and give the grace that God has give us in the many times we don’t put him first.