DCLM Daily Manna Monday, August 2, 2022
TOPIC: The Legacy of Personal Example
TEXT: 2 THESSALONIANS 3:6-15
KEY VERSE
“For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you”
(2 THESSALONIANS 3:7).
DCLM Daily Manna Monday, August 2, 2022 OUTLINE
It is often said that actions speak louder than words. A songwriter wrote,
“While passing thro’ this world of sin,
And others your life shall view,
Be clean and pure without, within;
Let others see Jesus in you.”
A so-called Christian father who was a secret drinker never brought alcohol home. So everyone in his family believed he does not drink. That was until his son passing through a back street saw his father’s truck parked beside a pub. He went in to greet him only to see him guzzling whiskey. That left an indelible negative impression in the boy’s mind.
At the establishment of Thessalonian church, several socially prominent and wealthy people were converted. As their manner was, Paul and his team laboured as tent-makers to support themselves. They did not request for upkeep from a church made up of new converts. This showed their dedication and consecration towards the furtherance of the gospel, not financial rewards. When it was reported that some busybodies within the church refused to work and were living off the wealthy, Paul had the moral authority to rebuke them and set things right.
READ: Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional August 2, 2022 – Fellow Workers of Joy
Laziness is unbecoming amongst believers. Ministers should shun the temptation to make merchandise of God’s flock (Matthew 10:8). Nobody, who can work, should live off industrious members of the church.
However, this does not preclude helping the poor and needy among the body of Christ. We should not be “weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not” (Galatians 6:9).
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Be a good example to others around you.
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