II Thessalonians 3 Weakness

 

II Thessalonians 3, Weakness

Believers are engaged in a spiritual battle. As part of God’s army, we have God as our commander and satan is avowed our enemy. The battle rages in the spiritual realm and constantly affects the earthly realm, where believers have great victories but also face difficult trials, temptations, and persecutions. At times the difficulties become so intense that we feel weak and vulnerable. At those times, we need to remember Paul’s advice: “The Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.” God’s Word and work will never fail. When we feel weak, we must remember God’s faithfulness.

Paul goes on to say that some of the Thessalonian believers had stopped working. It seems they were relying on the generosity of their fellow believers, supposedly for the sake of being spiritual and waiting for the second coming of Christ- or maybe they were just being lazy. Whatever it was, Paul had harsh words for such an outlook.

Work is good for us. Upon placing Adam in the Garden of Eden, God gave him the work of caring for it. God provides work for people to provide for their families. To refuse to work when one has the ability and opportunity is wrong and the church should not support such people.

When we see our work as God-given, we have a whole new perspective. It is not a necessary evil that takes time away from “spiritual” things, but a gift from God through which we are to grow spiritually and minister to others. God needs people in all walks of life in order to reach those who have not heard the Good News of Salvation,

 

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