Last week’s verse:  “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through.  May your whole soul, spirit and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.” 

I Thessalonians 5 : 23, 24.

This is such a powerful verse to me…I am so glad that I don’t have to “leave it behind” as I choose another verse…in fact, I intend to keep it close this year…

I realized that I had this scripture memorized fairly well already so it was really nice to focus on just a section at a time…

• May God himself
• The God of Peace
• Sanctify you THROUGH and THROUGH
• May Your WHOLE SOUL
• May Your WHOLE SPIRIT
• May Your WHOLE BODY
• Be kept blameless
• The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
• The One Who calls YOU
• The One Who calls you IS FAITHFUL
• AND
• HE WILL DO IT!!!!

Meditate on each part…it is life changing…shaking and mind blowing.

I was so taken by thinking about this God of peace that sanctifies me…setting me apart…cleaning me up…I will speak for myself…this will take some industrial strength cleanser…would I really think that it would be that attribute of God that would exhibit to do this…maybe it is because I am supposed to surrender…my whole soul, my whole spirit and my whole body to Him…wave my flag to enter His Peace.  Yes, it will take work on both our parts…but Paul reminds me that the One who calls me is faithful and He will do it…He will accomplish that which seems impossible…HE WILL DO IT!!!

The God of Peace gives me hope…here’s a verse that combines them both:

 “May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope.”      

 Romans 15: 13 (AMP)

Don’t you want to bubble over?

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