1 Thessalonians 2:12 “We exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.”
The apostle Paul was PASSIONATE about many things and without a question, he was most passionate about believers LIVING WORTHY of God and His calling. He would appeal over and over for the believer to PLEASE GOD. This theme is stated over and over in letter after letter. Along with his charge we just read to the Thessalonians, he would write:
To the Ephesians in 4:1 “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner WORTHY of the calling to which you have been called,
To the Philippians in 1:27 “Only let your manner of life be WORTHY of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
To the Colossians in 1:10 “So as to walk (or live) in a manner WORTHY of the Lord, fully PLEASING Him,”
Here in 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 “we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk (live) in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
To the Corinthians he wrote in 2 Corinthians 5:9 “Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well PLEASING to Him.”
To the Ephesians, he appealed in Ephesians 5:10 that they would “discern what is pleasing to the Lord.”
What is your purpose as a believer based on the verses you have read? The answer is easy, is it not? We should be living to please Him!
Are you doing what is pleasing to the Lord? PERIOD!!!
Continue Strong living worthy of your high calling!
And remember to DATE The Word