16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (I Thessalonians 5)
This passage, like Micah 6:8, is almost a three-point sermon in one verse. It is also one often put to tune, memorized, and memorialized. In other words, we can begin to recite it without actually grabbing hold of it's simple, profound truth. Rejoice always, no matter they situation, even if we are struggling or suffering persecution like these beleivers were. Pray without ceasing, as in "at all times", bad and good, exciting and routine. God is often the most ignored person in the room; He is there, but we talk with everyone who enters, but Him. Give thanks in all circumstances, which in a way brings us back to the first exhortation. How easily we fall into complaining about so many things we do not have or do have to do. Let's not be so forgetful about all God's blessings, and let us view every challenge as an opportunity for Him to show his powerful, loving hand again. When we learn to do the above, we do gain confidence that we are in the perfect will of God, and there is no place better we can be.
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