How do you do, when you cannot see God’s plans and designs in your life, and all around you? Many – maybe even most – of us don’t handle that very well. 1/x
2nd Thessalonians?⁉️WAIT. WHAT⁉️
Hadn’t Paul (or rather God through Paul) resolved all of the issues for the church there, such that the rest of their lives would be marked by tyrant-less peace in a heaven-on-earth, conflict-less utopia?
In short? Uh… No.
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Jeremiah didn't live a delightful life or calling. No one takes a time machine to go back and be Jeremiah. Still: Jeremiah found, ate, & even delighted in God's words - in part, because of Whose words they were…
Like natural food: nourish & delight, early & often.
"Christians aren’t distant spectators with a cold propositional knowledge of God; they are children who know their Father personally and are loved by him extravagantly."
~ Sam Luce & Hunter Williams (H/T: @challies)