Dear Missionary Lady,
Greetings in the name of the God who stabilizes us. He is our Rock and our Strength.
“Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work” (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17).
I think this verse speaks of God’s stabilization on two levels. The first is in our inner man. God has loved us. He has provided eternal comfort. He can continue to comfort our hearts. Internally, we can be stabilized as we remember what God has already done and as we rest in that continuing love and comfort.
The second is in the practical. That same God who loves us and stabilizes us internally also establishes us in the works that we are doing for Him. He strengthens and upholds us in our words and deeds. If we are trying to do and say what God wants us to do and say, we can be comforted in knowing that He is the one who helps us to do and say it.
Thank God that He upholds us in these ways so that we can have any hope of being who He wants us to be and doing what He has asked us to do. May you walk forward this week with His help.
Love in Christ,
Peggy Holt
member at Open Door Baptist Church in Lebanon, PA
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