“But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you, for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith; for now we really live, if you stand firm in the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 3:6-8).
There is something to this idea of standing firm. It is strange, but it often seems as though the church is looking for relevance when, in fact, it has the truth. The world on the other hand seems to be bold in declaring it has the answer when it is always changing because it is spitting in the wind and listening to the wicked one who is chasing those of the world and whipping them up in a lather of frenzy while chasing everything and nothing.
Lord, You have spoken the word of truth once for all. Help me see that truth clearly. Help me to hear the truth plainly. Help me to apply the truth as it has been applied over the ages. Guide me so that I may be one who lives the way of truth and does not falter from humbly walking with You. Your Word is truth and You have given Your Word in order that all who believe could walk in salvation.
Lord Jesus, Word of Truth, guide me today and everyday so that I would walk with You and apply all that You taught Your disciples to my life. Let me be neither haughty, nor fearful, but firm in the conviction You have given me. Your Word is truth and You have shown us the way to live. You have provided grace upon grace in order that we would be free to live in the right way. Lead me now, Lord, to live the life You have given me. Amen.
