An Unexpected Result of Loving
How can we become more like God? There are many answers to this question, of course. But 1 Thessalonians 3 shows that one way we become more like God is by becoming more loving to others. As God makes us increase and abound in love, our hearts become more and more like the heart of God.
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Restoration in Rest
Constant work not only exhausts us, but it exhausts the world around us. It is consumptive. When we choose to build in rhythms of rest and delight, we give those around us and the earth itself a break from our demands.
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“Are You Keeping Busy?”
Our culture idolizes and rewards busyness. Although work is a good part of God’s plan for humankind, God does not intend us to be constantly busy. Instead, he invites us to daily, weekly, and seasonal times of rest. Choosing to build rest into the rhythms of our lives is one of the most important steps of faith we can take.
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Learning to Love from Others
God teaches us how to love in various ways. One of the main ones is through the example and inspiration of others. As we see people loving actively, even sacrificially, we will be led to imitate their actions. At the same time, when we act in love toward people, we will model love for others as well.
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Are You Growing in Love for Others?
How can we grow in love for others? There are many answers to this question, of course. The Bible shows us that God helps us to “increase and abound” in love for people. Often this happens as the Spirit points us to someone in need of love and helps us to know how best to love that person.
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Yearning for Face Time
Engaging with people digitally, including our work colleagues, can be a gift. But this gift has limitations.
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Destined for Difficulties
Being a Christian does not deliver us from life’s difficulties. But knowing Christ does give us access to comfort and meaning.
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You Are God’s Co-Worker
1 Thessalonians 3:2 refers to Timothy as a “co-worker of God.” Though we are certainly God’s servants who work under God’s authority and for God’s pleasure, there is a sense in which we are also God’s co-workers. That’s the way God set it up in the very beginning. God has chosen you as a partner in God’s good work in the world.
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Take the Long View
In writing to the Thessalonians, Paul and his colleague take the long view of their work. They see what they’re doing in the moment as related to what will happen when Christ returns. Their example encourages us to see our lives in light of the future—our future, to be sure, but also God’s future.
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When Leaders Are Like Children
Wise and emotionally healthy leaders will know when to function in the diverse roles associated with their leadership. They will know that there is a time to exhort as a father, to nourish as a mother, and even to feel childlike affection for the people they lead.
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Opposition to the Gospel
Jesus called us to love all of our neighbors, and even our enemies.
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Living the Energizing Gospel
What difference will the energizing good news of the gospel make in our daily lives?
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Lead a Life Worthy of God
The example of the Apostle Paul and his colleagues reminds us that our leadership isn’t all about us.
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Leading Like an Unusual Father
In your workplace – today, may God give you the grace to encourage those with whom you interact: your colleagues, your subordinates, your superiors, your customers, your vendors, your clients, and all others.
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