1 Thessalonians 2:12

Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, though we could have stood on our authority as apostles of Christ.

Background Information

Walking Worthily of God

Reading: Mt.5:48 and Php. 1:21

Matt. 5:48 You therefore shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Php. 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ...

What can compare with God? What can match Him?
The answer to these questions is that only God Himself can compare with God or match Him. This indicates that to walk worthily of God actually means to live God. Our daily life must actually be God Himself, since only God can be worthy of God, match God, or compare with God. Therefore, in our living we must express God.

Because we have God's life, we can live God.
A dog obviously has a dog's life and therefore lives a dog. In the same principle, we have God's life and therefore we can live God. Hallelujah, God is our Father, and we are His children! As God's children with His life, it is possible for us to live Him.
 
Because we have been born of Him, God is now our Father.
As the Almighty, God does not have any life relationship with you, and you may not have anything to do with Him. You may be apart from Him and outside of Him. But if God has become your Father, you now have a life relationship with Him, and you are in Him. Hallelujah, because we are children of God we can live God! We all should declare boldly, "Because I have God's life, I can live Him." Praise the Lord that we have God's life and that we can walk worthily of Him by living Him!
 
Prayer:

Lord, no one in the universe compares with You. Yet I can live You because I am born of You and have Your life! Thank You for becoming not only the Almighty to me, but also my Father. Help me to walk worthily of You. Amen

Called into God's Kingdom and Glory

I beseech you therefore, I, the prisoner in the Lord, to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called.

From the context of 1Th.2:12 we can see that being called into God's kingdom and glory is related to walking worthily of God. When we walk worthily of God, there is with us a particular kind of atmosphere, and this atmosphere is God's kingdom. Furthermore, where the kingdom of God is, there the glory of God is also.
 
It is possible for the kingdom of God and the glory of God to be manifested in our married life. If a brother and his wife live God, they will walk worthily of God. Then in their married life there will be a certain kind of atmosphere.
When others come into this atmosphere, they will spontaneously have a sense of respect. This is the kingdom of God with God's glory. If today's Christians would walk worthily of God, would walk in a way that expresses Him, the kingdom would come. God's kingdom would then be seen on earth.
 
Whenever the Lord is expressed from within us, we are in a situation that can be described as glorious. If someone would walk into a brother's home when he is arguing with his wife, there would not be any glory. However, if you visit a brother's house and find him and his wife glowing, shining, and flowing, you would see the expression of God, God's glory.
 
Prayer:

Lord Jesus, I want a daily walk that is worthy of Your calling. Remind me that by living You, the kingdom atmosphere will be manifested wherever I am. Lord, also remember _____ that others would find him glowing, shining, and expressing God's glory. Amen.

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