1 Thessalonians Blog 2

“For you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober; for those who sleep sleep at night, and those how are drunk get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him. Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:5-11

I am supposed to be a light to the world and look nothing like the world. Churches are supposed to be lighthouses to the world shining the hope of Christ. Churches therefore are supposed to look nothing like the world. No darkness should be found in any of us. We are supposed to keep alert. Instead of drunkenness, we are supposed to have faith and love. Our hope should always be on our salvation through Jesus.

I want to be able to show compassion while there is still time to show compassion to the hurting world. I want to love the people that nobody loves because they are too unlovable. I want the eyes of God to see who needs an encouraging word. I want the heart of God to feel the way He does about things. What makes Him happy should make me happy, and what angers Him should anger me.

I believe that God loves everyone therefore I should love everyone. God died for the person who angers me. I cannot afford to forget that because God desires that none should perish and people die everyday without knowing the hope that is in Jesus.