Scripture:
1 Thessalonians 2:11-12; Revelation 5:12; 1 Corinthians 15:9-10
Fri, 18 March 2022

Living Life Worthy of God (1)

Observation:

What significant observations can you make about the idea of worthiness in these three passages?

Deeper Reflection
PAUL’S GOAL IN EXHORTING, ENCOURAGING AND IMPLORING the Thessalonians was they “walk in a manner worthy of God” (v.12). It means then, that this also ought to be our goal in life. “Walk” speaks of “the way one conducts oneself – either [positively] before God or [negatively] in sin”23. In seeking to live our lives worthy of God, it is helpful that we consider two other facts: God is worthy and we are unworthy.God is the One who alone is worthy of anything. There will come the day when “the Lord alone” – no one else and nothing else – “will be exalted” (Isa 2:17). God and the Lamb are “worthy to receive” the sevenfold (symbolising completeness and fullness) “power and wealth and wisdom and might and honour and glory and blessing” (Rev 4:11; 5:12). On the other extreme end, we are unworthy of God. Jacob said to God, “I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to Your servant” (Gen 32:10). And Paul said of himself, “I am unworthy to be called an apostle” (1 Cor 15:9). Note that Paul was speaking in the present tense. He felt that way continually. How then can we, who are unworthy of God, live a life worthy of God, who alone is worthy? It is “by the grace of God” (1 Cor 15:10). It is by God’s saving grace through the blood of Christ and God’s empowering grace through the Holy Spirit. There is no place for any sense of personal achievement.
16 Gene L. Green, 137
Application:

What should be my perspective and posture regarding walking in a manner worthy of God?

Prayer:
Write a prayer to God as your response from your meditation on and application of the Scriptures.
Prayer Pointers:
  • Give thanks and praise
  • Pray for SGI leaders: To be Spirit-empowered to live lives worthy of God
  • Pray for significant people
  • Pray for those in need
  • Pray for self

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Scripture:
Daniel 7:13-18, 25-27; 11:29-36
Sat, 2 December 2023

The Triumph

Observation:

What characterises the triumph of God’s people in tribulations under tyrants?

Deeper Reflection
God’s people living under tyrants and suffering tribulations under them can triumph – whether we are delivered from or destroyed in tribulation. The triumph rests on a threefold confidence.We know the conclusion of evil. It is repeated in manifold ways in Daniel that evil that comes through inhuman kings – no matter how great and how long – will definitely come to an end: “he will be broken” (Dan 8:25), “he will be found no more” (Dan 11:19), “yet he will come to his end” (Dan 11:45) and “all these events will be completed” (Dan 12:7).We know God’s calling for us: To be a suffering people – to be captured, plundered, burned or killed (Dan 11:33). But in our suffering, we can be strong as “people who know their God” (Dan 11:32), knowing that God is purging and purifying us to become a sanctified (Dan 11:35; 12:10) and shining people who “shine brightly” with heavenly brightness in the hostile world (Dan 12:3). And we will be a steadfast people who “keep waiting and attain to the 1,335 days” (Dan 12:12) – until we become a sovereign people who “receive and possess the kingdom forever” from “the Ancient of Days” (vv.13-14, 18, 27).We know who is in control. The tribulations under the tyrants in Daniel 7 to 12 are all subject to and subsumed under “that which is decreed will be done” (Dan 11:36; 9:26, 27) “at the appointed time” (Dan 11:27, 29, 35).We conclude Daniel with this theological-discipleship summary statement: We can triumph in tribulations under tyrants when we trust with tenacity in the One who is on the throne.
Application:

How can I triumph in tribulations?

Prayer:
Write a prayer to God as your response from your meditation on and application of the Scriptures.
Prayer Pointers:
  • Give thanks and praise
  • Pray for Church Board: To grow in the faith and perseverance of overcomers in Christ
  • Pray for significant people
  • Pray for those in need
  • Pray for self

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