Text: Roland Brunnenkant, driver in passenger transport, born 1959, Basel (Ch)
A new year and a new motto for the year: “Test everything and hold fast to what is good” 1 Thessalonians 5:21 awaits us. And I am excited to see what this will do to us.
When I read it for the first time last October, I was a little disappointed. My first thought was that the implementation of this verse is, first and foremost, a hidden one. Because what is supposedly good always passes through everyone's personal filter, and what is good for one person can be bad for someone else.
But my further thoughts made it clear to me that we had only scratched the surface. As believing Christians, our tool for testing is the Bible. And this is unambiguous and clear in its content and in its words. So if we use the Bible as a tool, as a touchstone, then the call to test everything and to choose what is good takes on a completely different, deeper meaning.
But it will definitely be a challenge to put this verse into practice. I usually make decisions based on my own experiences and life experiences and rarely consult the Bible for support. Making my own decisions is so deeply rooted in me that I now need to rethink things in order to put this year's verse into practice.
What does this annual motto trigger in you personally?
“Test everything and hold fast what is good” 1 Thessalonians 5:21
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