The Daily Fountain Devotional Saturday, November 12, 2022
The Daily Fountain Devotional Saturday, November 12, 2022
Saturday, November 12,2022
TOPIC: THE LORD'S SPEEDING WORD
TEXT: 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5
1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
The Daily Fountain Devotional Saturday, November 12, 2022
INTRODUCTION TEXT
Paul's words tear down any veneer of our culture's hospitality towards God's word. The fact of the matter is that God's truths are antithetical at a fundamental level to every strain of popular belief. This helps us to understand why prayer is the most practical course of action in a faithless world - if the world's biggest problem is their rebellion against God, then it makes all the sense to turn to God for a solution. The primacy of prayer should have nestled quite easily into your minds, but the truth is that prayer is rarely a priority.
It is incredible that Paul, in highlighting the urgency of the end times and the warlike nature of a Christian's life, establishes prayer as the primary means of warfare for the Christian. It is prayer that God's Word would speed ahead and be honoured the way we have known it to have transformed our lives. Paul concludes this exhortation with a prayer of His own that the Lord would direct their hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ - and it is amazing that He does so (2 Thess. 3:5).
Prayer: O Lord, direct our hearts to the love of the gospel of Christ, Amen