In Every Good Work and Word

[Christsfreeservant]

“Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.” (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 NASB1995)​

If we are following Jesus Christ with our lives, as Jesus followed God the Father, and as his New Testament apostles followed God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – and if our goal is to live for the Lord, to please him in all that we are and say and do, we may find that living like this can be a lonely existence, at times. And we may find ourselves being opposed and rejected and forsaken because we don’t “fit in” with the majority.

For we are not those who have given lip service to the Lord only, believing we are now forgiven of all sins and that heaven is secured for us when we die. We are those who have died with Christ to sin, who are living for the Lord to serve him with our lives, and who are walking in obedience to his commands, in practice, though not necessarily in absolute perfection. For we are still clay in the hands of the Potter being molded into his likeness.

For God’s love for us, and his grace, are what sent Jesus Christ to the cross to die for our sins. And when Jesus died, our sins died with him so that, by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ we will now die to sin and live to God and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands, in surrender to his will and purpose for our lives. And his grace teaches us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we await our Lord’s soon return for his bride.

For the eternal comfort and good hope by grace, given to us by God, are based in the teachings of Christ and of his New Testament apostles, taught in their correct biblical context. And they all taught faith in Jesus Christ and salvation from sin and eternal life with God as coming from God, and not from ourselves, and as resulting in us dying to sin, not just once, but daily, and us walking in fellowship with our Lord in walks of obedience to him.

And this is where we find comfort and strength, in faith in Jesus Christ, and in the truth of the gospel, in death to sin, and in living for God to do his will. We find comfort and strength in knowing that we are living for the Lord, according to his will and purpose for our lives, and that we are being led by the Spirit in every good work and word which God has for us to do and to speak for his glory and honor, even when we face much opposition.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Your Servant Witness

An Original Work / March 13, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Humbly I bow, Lord, before You,
Bringing my requests to You.
May I listen; hear You speaking.
May I follow You in truth.
Gently lead me in Your service.
Guide my steps and strengthen me.
Fill me with Your love and mercy.
May I live for Thee!

Let me be Your servant witness,
Telling others of Your grace.
May I always share the gospel
With those I meet face to face.
May I show the love of Jesus,
Caring for the needs of men;
Be Your servant witness always
For my Lord, Amen!

My desire to be like Jesus,
Living for Him ev’ry day.
May I obey all His teachings
Given me, so I’ll not stray.
Love You, Jesus, Lord, my master.
You are the King of my heart;
Follow You where’er You lead me;
Not from You depart!

In Every Good Work and Word
An Original Work / August 8, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love