Getting Back To My Roots
Ξ March 8th, 2008 | → Comments Off | ∇ Christian Living, Growing In The Lord, New Christians |
Welcome back!
When a person is a Christian, meaning born again and having accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior, they then go on to grow in the Lord (hopefully). This is accomplished by studying God’s Word, praying and talking to God, going to a Bible believing church (there are many that are not) and just enjoying God for Who He is.
When I said hopefully about growing in the Lord, I meant that sometimes people do ask Jesus into their hearts but then they do nothing else either because no one tells them what’s next or they simply believe that they do not have to do anything else. The deal is sealed. That is not correct but people do have a lack of information. Those folks are for another blog entry.
Today, I want to talk about going back to your roots. Who can do this? Obviously, those who have left their roots, meaning family and friends, so they go back home. In a spiritual sense, we need to do the same thing. Perhaps you are too busy during the day to spend time praying or studying. Maybe you find that going to church is not for you.
In my case, the problem was that I just got used to not reading the Bible as much as before. Getting the kids off to school took a lot of time in the mornings. Then after that, things just seemed to get in the way…a phone call, breakfast (I always liked to do my study before breakfast because I could think better then), the morning news show, getting bills paid, the weather or anything else. Too many things were getting in the way of my study time. Oh, I talked about it a good bit. But that was all.
What’s wrong here? The Bible says the cares of this world enter in and choke the word.
Mar 4:18-19 And these are those being sown among thorns; such as hear the Word, and the cares of this world, and the deceit of riches, and the lust about other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becomes unfruitful.
At first, you hear God’s Word, it’s exciting and new. You react by enjoying the study time. But then, some other thing intrudes, not just once but day after day. Then it becomes a regular thing. I studied each morning. Then one day, I had to go somewhere. It intruded on my time. This WAS an emergency but it only happened once. The next time I tried to study, I could, but the next day, something else intruded and so it went. After a while, the intrusions were greater and more frequent. Soon, I found myself intruding on all the emergencies and phone calls to study. WOW!
So, what do you do about it? My solution to it was to go back to the study time. Yes, some things still tried to intrude, they always will. It will happen that way to you too. The reason is that the enemy does not want you to learn anything about your rights as a believer and the power behind it. God has given you, not only a spirit of power, love and a sound mind but the faith to deal with the enemy as well! How? By getting into God’s Word, reading to find out what and who you are in the Lord. Then act on that faith that comes from studying and reading God’s Word.
Now, if you have found yourself out there all alone, get back to your roots, when you asked the Lord Jesus into your life. He is waiting right there where you stepped away. He has not left there, you did. You can get right back on the path He has for you by simply asking His forgiveness and going back to what you know is right. And He will welcome you back!
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