John Calvin Commentary 1 Thessalonians 3:11

"Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you:" — 1 Thessalonians 3:11 (ASV)

Now God himself. He now prays that the Lord, having removed Satan’s obstructions, may open a door for himself, and be, as it were, the leader and director of his way to the Thessalonians. By this he intimates that we cannot move a step successfully except under God’s guidance, and that when God holds out His hand, Satan’s every effort to change the direction of our course is futile. We must take notice that he assigns the same office to God and to Christ, as, unquestionably, the Father confers no blessing upon us except through Christ’s hand. When, however, he thus speaks of both in the same terms, he teaches that Christ has divinity and power in common with the Father.