
S – In view of this, we always pray for you that our God will make you worthy of his calling, and by his power fulfill your every desire to do good and your work produced by faith,
2 Thessalonians 1:11 CSB
O – Commentary:
Paul and his colleagues habitually prayed for the Thessalonians. Their spiritual welfare was always on the apostles’ hearts.
They prayed that their God (the apostles’ and the Thessalonians) would reckon or declare the readers worthy of the calling they had received, to come to God through faith in Jesus Christ (cf. Rom. 8:30; Eph. 4:1; 1 Thes. 4:7). Paul consistently made what God has done for believers the basis of his appeals for them to lead lives in keeping with their destiny. Christians do not live worthily in order to obtain salvation but because they have been granted salvation.
A second request was that God would bring to full expression every good purpose of theirs to glorify God, and every act motivated by their faith in God. Both motives and actions have their source in God (Phil. 2:13); thus they are accomplished by His power.
2 Thessalonians,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures
A – This is a great prayer for us. We want to be worthy of our calling, accomplishing every good purpose by our faith. This aligns our thoughts, words and actions with God to do this by His power.
R – Heavenly Father, we acknowledge you are the only true God. We ask that you meet us in our faith and we accomplish your purposes through our faith and your power. We desire to walk worthy of your calling.