We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thes 1:3. NIV..
What an elegant way to describe the way of Jesus. We don't work and labor to earn God's love. Our work springs from faith, our labor from love and we endure the hardships that inevitably come undergirded by the hope we have in Jesus.
Don't get me wrong, in our performance oriented culture, many of us struggle to understand grace. We do in order to please and work to earn recognition.
But too often, our attempts to overcome this result in no work, no labor, no endurance.
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