Read 2 Thessalonians 1-3
2 Thessalonians 3:9 says, "Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us." When we’re kids we long for the day when we’ll be grown and nobody can tell us what to do. As employees we dream of the day when we have our own business and can be the kind of boss we wish we had. In our neighborhoods and churches, we wish someone would ask us for a list of people we’d rather not be around.
No matter what situation we find ourselves in, the people we deal with can drive us crazy. If only we had the power to make others behave as we think they should. If only people would listen to us, we could straighten them out.
Nobody wants to be told what to do. Even when someone asks you what you think they should do, if you tell them truthfully, they’ll argue with you about what you’ve recommended. But we can be examples of what we believe. We can continue to do what we think is right and let others be influenced by how we treat them. Change is hard, not impossible, but people have to be motivated in themselves to change. We’ll provide the working model.
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