In his letter along with thanking them for helping him, Paul also told them that they were expected to work together.  That they were to approach their problems with concerns for each other and in prayer, always in prayer, for it is through wanting the best for each other, and looking for God’s guidance, that they would find peace and success.

It is as if we face similar issues today.  Many of us today feel as if we are under pressure.  We see rising costs over which we have no control, we see political situations which make no sense.  We see families afraid to be seen in public simply because of their skin color.  In many ways it is as if sections of our society are moving away from God’s guidance and commandments.  We were told to help those in need, to welcome the strangers, care for the ill, cloth the naked, and feed the hungry.

First what we need to do is follow God’s commandments, because one thing is for certain, God does not change His mind.  Second, we need to pray.  It is through prayer that we determine what our true wants are, and we know that God is listening.  Finally, we need to remember that God is Sovereign, and in Control, and He will use all the events happening around us today, to bring about the world of His desire, in which we will share.

Join us for our October 11th Worship Service:

Paintings of what God has in store for us:  The Good Shepherd, Julien Dupre, 1800s, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA /  Twenty-Third Psalm, Frank Wesley, 1923-2002, Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt University Divinity Library, Nashville, TN