WHAT DOES PRAYER, THE WORD OF THE LORD, SPEED, AND HONOR ALL HAVE IN COMMON?

2 Thessalonians 3:1 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you,...

We would do well to have this kind of prayer for ourselves as well as for others. It would be especially beneficial for those who, like Paul, go to places that we will never go. Pray for the evangelists, apostles, teachers, prophets. Lets also pray for one another that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored. After all I may never go where you go and you may never go where I go. You have your job, neighbors, family,

and friends that I may never see and I have mine. 

The idea that the word of the Lord may speed ahead calls to mind that the time is short. In another place Paul said, Today is the day of salvation. In chapter one Paul had just warned about the judgment to come. In the second chapter he speaks of the man of lawlessness and the deception to come, which will have eternal consequences. TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION! TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE!

He also asks them to pray that the word of the Lord may be honored. Other ways this might be said would be: pray that the word of the Lord may be held in high esteem, pray that the word of the Lord may be reverenced, pray that the word of the Lord may be trusted and obeyed.

Paul says, to the Thessalonians, this is what happened among you. As if he is saying, don't you want to see this same thing happen everywhere? Then start praying!

Won't you start praying?