Maybe I am just sick of hearing about friends and loved ones turning away from God and doing really stupid things, that jack up their lives (and the lives of their kids, spouses and friends). Maybe I am tired of hearing preachers just preach feel good messages. But I want to know… does anyone want to please God anymore ? I don’t remember the last time I even heard that phrase. What happened to holiness ? What happened to faithfulness ? What happened to living to please God.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
I hope as you read this you do not mistake frustration with judgment. Where are the pastors that are preaching about practical holiness ? Where are the people that are willing to lay down their own desires and pick up the cross ?
Thanks for sharing this. I’ve been struggling to lay down my own desires and pick up the cross….I appreciate your insight.