The church at Thessalonica must have been quite the church!

They had . . .

• Faith that was really growing.
• Lots of love for each other.

No wonder Paul was continually thankful for them.

“We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth” (2 Thessalonians 1:3).

Though this was given as a statement about a congregation, it had to be true of the individuals making up that congregation.

Is anybody thankful for me that way for those reasons?

No.

But that’s not their fault.

If I had the heart of a panting hart, that would change.

“But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you” (1 Thessalonians 5:1).

Paul didn’t need to inform the Thessalonians concerning these things.

“For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night” (2).

They already knew.

So do I.

This morning I read those verses again and ask myself, “Does it affect how I live and for what purpose I live?”

I am busy, busy, busy. (I didn’t include the word enough times, but you get the point.)

But in my busy-ness, what Eternally Important Things am I leaving unattended and undone?

Oh let me live always with the right focus and right priorities and the right purposes!