Be aware. and keep growing

 

You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. – 2 Peter 3.17-18

 

Sometimes it gets easy to just coast along in our Christian lives. Everything seems to be going okay and we think we can just take it easy for a while. Surely, a little relaxing can’t hurt?

 

Nothing could be farther from the truth. We must always be on guard of the dangers that are out there. Satan is walking about like a roaring lion trying to devour us. Don’t fall away from steadfastness but keep on growing.

 

For a long time now it has been easy to take it easy in the West. Laws have been on our side and popular notions of society have favoured.

 

That’s not the way anymore. Everything has turned against us and we act surprised.

 

Why?

 

Because we have let down our guard. We have taken it easy and things have slowly slipped away. We became part of the in group and we liked it there.

 

We stopped being aware and we stopped growing.

 

And now we are bearing the fruit.

 

What can we do?  We need to wake up again. We need to fire up our loin and gear up in the armour and pick up where we left off and get into the word of God and grow him grace and in the knowledge of God.

 

It’s not too late to get back in the fight.