Every Effort

 

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.2 Peter 1:5-7

As a believer how is your walk? I mean are you “studying to show yourself approved a workman that does not need to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth” like it says in 2 Timothy 2:15? Do you desire fellowship with other followers of Christ as it mentions in Hebrews 10:25? And the big question is are you trying by your words and actions to share Jesus with others on a regular basis? 

I challenge you today and every day to take inventory of your life. Do your social media posts bring people closer to the Lord or drive them further away? When you are driving your vehicle on the streets and highways are you a law abiding citizen and kind to other drivers? Do you ‘tithe’ your time giving a good portion of time to the Lord before striking out alone unprotected with no spiritual armor on(See Ephesians 6). 

After enduring this Coronavirus challenge since early March you may not feel the joy of the Lord but try. You might not realize it but Satan loves to get believers anxious, upset, feeling defeated, a stranger to fellowship, and make followers think they don’t need to worship and bow down before the Lord God almighty. The things of this world and it’s worldview may seem okay and lure you away my friend but don’t be fooled. The world may entice and it’s voices may be pretty loud in your life right now but deep down the Holy Spirit calls each person and wants them to love the Lord and serve Him and not swerve from the course in life you know to be right.

PRAYER: Father I pray for anyone I know struggling with the truth found only in the Bible. I pray the clutches of this world loses it’s grip on those I have been lifting up in prayer. I also pray that you will keep my eyes open to the truth and keep me on the path that leads to eternal life. In Jesus’ name. Amen.