Message from Scripture: 8/10/2020

Today’s message from Scripture comes from 1 Thess. 4:9, 10: “Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another…But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more.”

When do we learn so much about God’s word there is nothing more to learn? When do we live by it long enough there is nothing more to do? Of course, the answer to this is never! God is infinite in His being, and we are finite in our understanding and ability to practice what we do understand, much less all that is true of the infinite wisdom of God. We remember the words of Paul in Rom. 11:33-34, “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” It is incomprehensible for us to grasp all that God knows and understands. We stand in awe of his wisdom and love, knowing we will never grasp all there is to realize about him.

So, we can see what Paul means when he tells the church in Thessalonica that, having been taught about the love of God, they should love God more and more, and each other as well. There is no plateau, no end to its depth of meaning, or the ways of experiencing and practicing it to each other. In 1 Thess. 3:12, Paul says our love for God and each other should increase and abound. The word abound means to overflow, naturally abounding,  not only in having God’s love for ourselves but also for others, spilling out in how we respond to each other.

Today, let’s not be satisfied with where we are in our lives in Christ; let’s seek to have more, to be more, to do more from the love we have from Christ, and share in Christ. Let’s do this more and more. Wouldn’t that make a fantastic difference in us, in the church, in the world? It starts with each of us making it so for us. See how much God can do in and for you today. God bless.

Robert