Paul’s concern was for the people of Thessalonica to be established. The word means to be set resolutely in a certain direction. Paul wanted their faith to be strengthened so they were prepared for tribulation. To accept that God loves me without doctrinal principles as pillars to hold up this truth will fail when difficult days arise, and Paul told them these days are coming. Paul therefore sent Timothy to build them up in the faith. To believe and never grow, or to go and live a “normal life”, is not the plan of God. God calls us to live an extraordinary life in the power of His Spirit for the glory and honor of Him. Anyone who feels God just called them to salvation and not unto good works is missing the purpose of redemption in Christ. Once we are “born again”, we become not like the lost, “the normal people”, we become a child of God called to be His workmanship. You’re a new creation of God, let Him live through you. In verse 10 Paul said he did not want their faith to be lacking, and he finishes the chapter by praying for their hearts to be established.
Don’t settle for partial faith; surrender and allow God to establish you completely in the faith.
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