We wrote yesterday about the importance of work AND word, and here’s an extraordinary prayer in 2 Thessalonians that I hadn’t seen before:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you, (2 Thessalonians 3.1, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wow: \u201cthat the word of the Lord speed ahead and be honored<\/em>.\u201d What a thing to pray for! I checked some other translations:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n It complements what Paul wrote to the Colossians:<\/p>\n\n\n\n …<\/strong>the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing<\/strong>\u2014as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth… (Colossians 1.5, 6, ESV, emphasis mine)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The sower sows the Word…But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.\u201d (Mark 4.14, 20, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s about the Word. Good things happen when it speeds ahead and is honored. Bad things happen when it doesn’t. We may look at that in the next day or two. In the meantime, am I honoring the Word and doing my part to spread it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We wrote yesterday about the importance of work AND word, and here’s an extraordinary prayer in 2 Thessalonians that I hadn’t seen before: Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you, (2 Thessalonians 3.1, ESV) Wow: \u201cthat the word of the Lord … Continue reading When is speeding ok?<\/span> \n
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