“May Jesus himself and God our Father, who reached out in love and surprised you with gifts of unending help and confidence, put a fresh heart in you, invigorate your work, enliven your speech.” (II Thessalonians 2: 16-17, the Message Bible)

Be a receiver. Be humbly eager to be revived, refreshed, enlightened by a power beyond your own wits and will. Expect to be invigorated and motivated to live and to give!

This benediction is a blessing upon its listeners and also a rich reminder. We are being awakened to the goodness that we have already received from God and from the Christ that revealed the message of light and life. We can remember that we have been embraced in God’s love and have been given aid in times of trouble.

And this activity continues. We are always on the receiving end of a new hope, a new life, a brand-new awareness of what is possible to us with God. And these possibilities include our natural ability to share the gifts we’ve been given in ways that are loving, healing, encouraging, and invigorating for others. Thus, this powerful benediction gets passed along and the world also is blessed as we are blessed.

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