Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
November 29, 2022: SOAP #4744: 1Thes 4-5; 2Thes 1-3

SCRIPTURE:  1Thessalonians (NIV) 5:6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.

OBSERVATION:  Paul makes such a clear distinction between the believers to whom he is writing and the unbelievers still living in the world’s system.  There is a difference in who we are.  There is a difference in Whose we are!  There is a difference in our understanding.  We may be in the same circumstances, but we see them so differently. 

SO, there should be a difference in how we live.  OTHERS are asleep, but let US be awake.  Those living in the system of the world are clueless and unaware of what is about to happen.  We are alert, or mentally in tune with our circumstances.  We live with different priorities. 

APPLICATION: People listen to what I say and watch how I live.  They should be able to see a difference.  This world is not my home.  I believe Jesus is soon to return!  So, then I am living to please him, trusting him for direction and provision.

PRAYER:  Lord, thank you for bringing me out of the kingdom of darkness into your Kingdom of light.  May I live my life in the light as you are in the light!  Amen

Pastor Leon
Making friends for time and eternity!   
On Facebook:  Today’s SOAP from Pastor Leon