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“Worship the Lord in the splendour of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.” (Psalm 96:9).
There is a rather noticeable shift in tone when we move into the second chapter of 1 Thessalonians, where Paul describes his ministry among the believers with surprising gentleness, the tenderness of a nursing mother. He paints a picture of Christian fellowship that goes far beyond the transmission of and coherent community around theological information...
If you are a man in the middle seasons of life, balancing a marriage, children, a demanding career, and a genuine desire to serve your local church, I suspect that particular knot of guilt might be familiar to you. Our days are packed to the rafters with doing things for other people, whether that is solving problems in the workplace, ferrying family members around, or turning up early on a Sunday to make sure the service runs smoothly and the study notes are ready. We pour ourselves out all day long, genuinely wanting a deeper, richer walk with the Lord, only to collapse into a chair at ten o'clock at night with our eyelids feeling like lead weights, far too exhausted to string two coherent sentences together in prayer, let alone embark on a deep theological study.
It is fascinating to see how faith, love and hope are not presented as abstract feelings or mere intellectual agreements, but rather as deeply physical, active realities that shape the daily existence of the church.
Paul elevates love and he does this crucially not by diminishing faith and hope, but by highlighting their temporal nature in comparison to love's eternal character.
Following Jesus is most likely not going to make you wealthy, it doesn't guarantee that you're going to be healthy but the message here and in the Gospel is that Jesus is enough. Following Christ will not mean that everything goes right, but following Him means that you know, that you acknowledge and accept that He is enough no matter what.
" that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen." The brilliance of Cranmer's "Collect for Purity" reaches its magnificent summit in the final clauses of the prayer, moving the worshipper from a posture of desperate confession into a breath-taking vision of holy devotion.
Kingston upon Hull, UK