We have to set a good example for our brothers and sisters in the community. Paul said to the Thessalonians that there is a need for each one to be self sufficient and not be a burden to the community. It is in living our lives in the proper order that we can reflect the values of God to others. We can never claim to be one thing but conduct ourselves in a different way. We have to be consistent in the way we live our faith in order to be very convincing hat we are indeed believers and followers of the true God and not confuse it with other gods that take hold of our lives. We've got to be clear on this one by looking always at the way our Lord Jesus Christ lived His life. Amen. Hallelujah!
2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18
6 We instruct you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to shun any brother who conducts himself in a disorderly way and not according to the tradition they received from us. 7 For you know how one must imitate us. For we did not act in a disorderly way among you, 8 nor did we eat food received free from anyone. On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day we worked, so as not to burden any of you.
This fear being spoken of in today's psalm is the holy fear of the Lord and is different from other kinds of fear that we know. It's more of the kind of fear that is coupled with respect. We have to be perfectly aware of this and strive to maintain it within ourselves so as not to lose sight of this aspect of God's Holiness. Amen. Hallelujah!
Psalm 128:1-2, 4-5
R: Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
...For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork; blessed shall you be, and favored...
We’ve got to believe that there is really somebody watching us. Sometimes we forget that God can see through us and knows exactly what's inside our hearts and minds. People may not be able to know it by just looking at us and we can easily get away with our wrong doings which we have kept in secret or hidden in our thoughts and feelings which no human person can see but God does. Let us not wait for the time when we like the scribes and Pharisees will be spoken to by God in this manner. Let us choose to hear words of commendation from the Lord rather than be called a hypocrite. Let us truly be the person that God wants us to be, whether there are people who can see our goodness or not. Amen. Hallelujah!
Matthew 23:27-32
27 Jesus said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth. 28 Even so, on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing.
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