When reading some of this scripture, I had a thought: how much does our actual work here on earth matter? Paul tells them to never give up praying and be thankful. He says to be sure and pray that God will make a way for us to spread his message and explain Christ. He continues, saying, "When you are with unbelievers, always make good use of the time," and he closes his letter talking about people of the faith. When reading this, the focus is the message of Jesus and being a faithful follower of him. Just prior to this he talks about slaves and masters and working as if working for The Lord. I feel like the focus of these passages is all about relationships and not about the stuff we fill our lives with. We are here on earth just a short time and our goal is to please The Lord and win souls for his kingdom. When we die, we can't take our nice stuff with us. The only thing that will matter is the message of Jesus and how well we did at sharing it. It's that eternal perspective.
It's so cool in Isaiah how God talks about blessing everyone who obeys the Sabbath and doesn't do wrong. This passage talks about how foreigners are welcome to worship God, they are welcome in his temple, and The Lord will accept their offerings. ALL PEOPLE are welcomed by God, he does not reject one person or group simply by who they are, and so we should seek to bring his message of salvation to all, so that everyone has an opportunity to follow him.
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