"12 Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14 And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.

16 Be joyful always; 17 pray continually; 18 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

19 Do not put out the Spirit's fire; 20 do not treat prophecies with contempt. 21 Test everything. Hold on to the good. 22 Avoid every kind of evil."

1st Thessalonian 5:12-22

We all have a place in the Kingdom, even those who are lazy or idle as Paul mentioned. Every single person in the Kingdom is an essential part of the big body call Church. Those who works more need to encourage those who are weak, and the ones who are weak need to follow a leader. But how sensible is our brother Paul that after mentioned this two opposite ends in the Kingdom invoke us to be "Joyful Always", to "Pray Continually" and to "Give thanks in all circumstances".

Tolerance is part of our lives, there will always be leaders and followers, even though God always call us to be head not tail, is impossible to have a leader if there are no followers or people with needs.

Sometimes we can be leaders but other times we become followers.

Give Thanks in all circumstances....

You know, we are use to hear to give thanks to God for everything; but let's be real. God doesn't like to receive glories for the bad things. If you noticed Paul said Give thanks in all circumstances, not for all circumstances.

We can't thanks God for cancer, aids, CHD or any other illness over the Earth... The drugs, hunger... Do you think God will appreciate to Give him thanks for all the evil he wants to erased from the face of the earth.... Absolutely not!

But instead, you can give thanks to God in the circumstances, by example Cancer... Give thanks to God not for the Cancer but because in any circumstances you know He is always there for you giving you strength and courage to go through it.

You can give thanks to God, that even if your son or your daughter is captive by drugs you can see the Hand of God protecting them, and that His promise of redemption is always at hand because of your faithfulness.

When you see everything that God has done and is doing and is going to do, no matter what circumstances your are into now, you will find the joy and the thankfulness, you will have the strength to light the fire of the Spirit, you can have the wisdom of God to guide you and let you keep the good and to avoid every kind of evil.

When you focus in what's God in your life... then everything seems to be momentarily against his eternity.

Be Blessed