I Thessalonians 2:11-13 May God our Father himself and our Master Jesus clear the road to you! And may the Master pour on the love so it fills your lives and splashes over on everyone around you, just as it does from us to you. May you be infused with strength and purity, filled with confidence in the presence of God our Father when our Master Jesus arrives with all his followers.
The Thessalonians were experiencing hard times in their Christian walk, so Paul wrote to encourage them and say how proud he was that they were toughing it out. Then he prayed this prayer, asking God to pour so much love into their lives that it would splash over onto everyone around them.
I’ve tended to think of loving my neighbor as something sacrificial—something I have to do even when I don’t feel like it. In this passage Paul asks God to pour so much of his love into the Thessalonians that it would fill them up and splash over onto everyone around them.
This kind of love from God fills ME up first—then splashes over to others. I don’t have to be afraid I’ll be depleted or give out so much that I don’t have any left for myself.
Wow, God! I never thought to ask for that kind of love from you—the kind that pours out from you into me, then splashes over to others, because I can’t contain it all! I’d like it, please!
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