The halfbaked Bard

If a man will not work; he shall not eat. 2Thess:3:10 Work hard. Whatever is entrusted to you. Be it physical labour or be it a white collar job sitting in the AC. Be it studying or be it organising things. Be it a small thing that you take up or a bread winning job. Be genuine and hard working. An idle man is not deserving of any wages. An idle man is complacent and proud. An idle man is discontented and dissatisfied. Where as a hard working man is grateful for what he has got. He knows that he has got in his plate is not something he deserves. Let money not be the motivation factor too, for working hard. Whatever you do, do it for the glory of God. So wash your plates genuinely. When you clean the table and set near your room, let God's name be glorified. As unto the Lord, may you do it. When you treat a patient or build a house or develop a programme or play the fiddle, let it be genuine, let it bring a smile on Jesus' face, let it bring glory to the Father. Not ...

2Thess:3:3 But the Lord is faithful and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. The Lord is faithful is a promise. That He will not change. His love to you is like the crab bite. He will not leave you nor forsake you. The Lord is faithful is an assurance. Of the truth. Of the reality. That God is for you. He is on your side. Not that He has no other option, than to side you. But His earnest love and compassion is the reason. The Lord is faithful is a relief. On the truth, which will never change. He will never change. If He has promised, He will stick to it. No matter what. He is not like the shifting shadows. If He has promised, He will do it. 1Thess:5:24. The One who calls you is faithful and He will do it. It is this rock solid God who says - I will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. He will strengthen. He will give you all strength. He will enable you. He will equip you. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.  He will protect...

May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father who loved us and by His grace gave us eternal encouragement, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. 2Thess:2:16 Jesus Christ Himself and God the Father encourage you. The Holy Spirit is called the encourager. The Triune God is on your side to encourage you and strengthen you. With eternal encouragement He has encouraged you. How much more will He encourage and enable and strengthen you. Is it big enough that He won't be able to handle? Not at all. All situations He will enable. He will strengthen. He will equip. He will encourage. Encouragement is not just emotional support. Encourage is to equip you with courage to face. Like David the shepherd boy, facing Goliath. Like the nation before the Red Sea. The Lord will encourage and strengthen you. Image credit : https://www.istockphoto.com/tr/foto%C4%9Fraf/thumbs-up-black-and-white-gm187248717-27686382

From the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through the belief in truth. 2Thess: 2:13 God chose you to be saved from the beginning. It was not a split second thought that He had to save me. For He doesn't change like shifting shadows. He had beforehand itself plans to save you. Even before you were formed in your mother's womb. Even before the foundations of the earth was laid. Isn't that wonderful. That's God saw me from the beginning. That He was mindful of you always. Image credit: https://www.flaticon.com/free-sticker/before_6723260

2Thess:1:7 And give relief to you who are troubled. As you go through trouble, as you struggle; this is one assurance that you can always have as a child of God. He is your Father and He is compassionate. He will give you relief. Not just emotional support as you go through it. Not just the ability to endure; but he will literally help you overcome.  He the All Powerful, All Knowing God is on your side. He has promised the Holy Spirit , the parakletos, the helper. He will help you, because He knows; or rather He is the solution.  Not just emotional support. But literal help. He is a pro- poor God. A God who is compassionate on the one who realises, he is helpless and seeks help. But if I think I have got this and seek no help; that is my pride. And God resists the proud, gives grace to the humble. Grace to overcome Ps:18:29. With my God I can scale a wall. Lord help me.

1Thess:5:24 The One who calls you is faithful and He will do it. He is faithful and He will do it. Are you confused? Are you unsure? Are you in dilemma? Just be assured that God is faithful and He will do it. The Lord will open doors for you and He will guide. The Lord will close doors which are not yours. He is a faithful, loving and true Father. He has promised. That is enough. He will guide and He will equip. If He has promised, then He will do it.  Image credit: https://angiestolba.com/2015/12/09/streams-in-the-desert/amp/