Malachi 4:1-6; 2 Thessalonians 3:1–13; Luke 21:5–36

In today’s Epistle, we hear a word from Paul calling on the Church in Thessalonica to live quiet lives, confident in God’s faithfulness to them, for “the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one” (2 Thessalonians 3:3). It seems as though our lives are sometimes the opposite of quiet and confident. Life can be filled with noise and uncertainty. But confidence and quietness come to us as all of life does: as gifts from our heavenly Father. God grant this to all of us.