Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

End of every chapter. There's a reference to Jesus' return.

This letter from Paul to the Church of the Thessalonians is saturated with anticipation of Jesus coming.

I love the way this first chapter depicts this.

It's talking about how the people at Thessalonica had turned to God from idols.

They were worshipping all these different idols and they turned to God to serve the living and true God

and to wait for his son from heaven.

So follow the way this is even phrased.

They turned to God from idols to wait for his son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead.

Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

So when we turn from the idols of this world, the things of this world that vibe for our attention and affection and devotion,

we're turning to, yes, the one true God to serve and live in him and to wait for his son from heaven.

So let me ask you a question.

Would that phrase describe the posture of your life on a daily basis?

Are you living with a sense of waiting and anticipation today for Jesus to return from heaven?

Are you living with that sense of it could be today?

I hope it's today.

And this is the way we, as followers of Jesus, are supposed to live every day.

We have turned from the idols of this world, fixed our eyes on the one true God, Jesus, his son,

and we are longing, waiting, anticipating his return on a moment by moment day by day basis.

This is the way we are intended to live as people who serve the living and true God.

So God, we pray today that you would help us to live with this holy, humble,

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