Christians sometimes take a "mid-season break". At some time in their life they realized they needed Jesus Christ. They put their trust in the message of the Bible. That no one is good, that they deserved God's anger- Hell- but that God sent Jesus to die in their place so that they could someday spend eternity with God in Heaven if they just trusted in what Jesus has done. They started their new life as a member of God's family! An exciting life of hope and peace.
And then, at some point during this wonderful new season of their life, they take a little break. Life gets the best of them. Busyness or stress or trajedy rise and they forget that they have an amazing Savior who cares about every aspect of them and wants to help them get through the tough or hectic times. Or they want to do something that they know God doesn't want them to do and they feel guilty so they ignore God for a while. They forget Who saved them and Who deserves their attention. So they don't listen to what He has to say in the Bible, they don't talk to Him, they stop getting together with other Christians.
The Bible talks about growing as a Christian. How we need to act the way God wants us to act and feel the way God wants us to feel. 2 Peter 1:8-9 says "The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins."
Maybe you've trusted Jesus to be your Savior but right now you're in a mid-season break. I've had some times like that and so did some of the Christians that God talks about in the Bible. King David was a "man after God's own heart" (1 Samuel 13:14) and more than once he took a break from living the way he should and was disobedient to God in big ways. The beauty of salvation is that if you truly, sincerely put your faith in Jesus Christ, from that moment on you belong to God and you will never lose that salvation. You may have taken a break when you shouldn't have but God will never "cancel" you.
Now is the time for your return!!!! Time for new episodes. And even though I wish the show had never stalled, the mid-season premiere is the most exciting episode yet!
"By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires. In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone." 2 Peter 1:3-7
And if you have never accepted Jesus as your Savior, now is the time! Time for your "Pilot" episode. God guarantees you'll never be "cancelled"! 2 Corinthians 6:2b "now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation."
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