“But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary of doing good.” 2 Thessalonians 3:13
As you read through Paul’s Letters to the Thessalonians, especially in this 2nd one, you are struck by the contrast between those noted for their love, perseverance, and obedience, and those for their “unruly and undisciplined” lives. He even exhorts the faithful to “keep away” from these “busy bodies”. And what was Paul’s directive? “Don’t grow weary in doing good”! Don’t lower the behavioral bar and “be like everyone else”. He exhorted them to follow his and Timothy’s example. In other words, Be Like Christ!
In a similar vein, we have those in today’s church, marked by a lifestyle “unlike Christ” and more akin to the World’s. It may not be the sin of Lazy and Sluggardly lifestyle as the Thessalonians, but it has the same mentality; what can I “do” or “not do” and still be considered a Christian. This not what Christianity is!!! It is about “being” Like Christ, who Himself “went about doing good”. That is even what the term “Christian” means; Little Christs. May this Verse Help us today to be “more Like Him”!