Time changes things

1/10/2021

While working on my husbands next book, a part of what he brings out in I Timothy stood out to me. How times changes things.

You can build a new house move in and live there for a year or two and move out. There is little change to the house. However, if you live there for forty to fifty years, a lot changes. Some you make to it, like paining the walls, changing the lighting, maybe add a room and then maybe you do not do anything to it. It will still change because it gets old and things break down over time.

The same is true to your Walk with God.

When you first get saved, it is fresh, new, and wonderful. From this point you can take it two ways. One let it stagnate, which means it will fall apart and be destroyed. Or you can start making improvements. It all depends on you as to where your walk with God goes.

There are some people that within a few days it has disappeared due to the lack of attention. What do I mean by attention? A daily prayer time, a daily time spent reading the Bible but most important is a desire to follow God on a moment-by-moment basis.

Just as it takes an effort to keep a house in good shape over time, it takes an effort to keep your salvation over time. Do not get me wrong, salvation if free to all, nevertheless, it takes an effort on your part to keep it. If you take the time to get closer to God, your life will change.

Time changed you from a baby to where you are today. Time can change your soul from a new Christian to a mature Christian if you invest in it. A baby needs many things to make him or her an adult so does a new Christian need many things to make him or her a mature Christian.

What will you do to the gift that God has given you with the time that you have?

C.I. Wilson