Daily Devotional

Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful."


1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Always remember that God is at work in you. We do our part, yes—Paul tells us in the prior verses what that part is. But it's not a striving to earn Gods favor or achieve holiness on our own. It's a result of being in close connection with Jesus and being filled with the Holy Spirit. And holiness involves the whole person; body, mind and spirit become whole in Christ. God will make it happen, not you! Isn't that reassuring? We can rest in this, as Paul urges elsewhere. This is the Good News—that God does it, not us!