“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
2 Timothy 3:12 NKJV
Reality
A New Walk
“And you were dead in your offenses and sins, 2 in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 3Among them we too all previously lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the rest. 4But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),”
Ephesians 2:1-5 NASB
Drifting
… is only good if you’re wood.
“We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.”
Hebrews 2:1 NIV
Substance Over Appearance
“Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.”
Proverbs 31:30 BSB
Time To Wake Up
“For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”
Romans 10:13 NKJV
Broken Specs
We become subject to our choices when we reject The Truth.
“Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
John 9:39 BSB
Related read: Lend Me Your Eyes
Winter Moon
Like the moon can never be the sun, you can’t shine the way God made you when you compare yourself to someone else.
“The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.”
1 Corinthians 15:41 BSB
Related reads: Resist The Temptation Of Comparison | Envy: Rottenness To The Bones
Age Of Grace
The window of opportunity is closing.
“While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.”
John 12:36 NKJV
Going Uphill
Caution: Treacherous conditions ahead.
“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
Matthew 5:11-12 NIV
Snow Trees
“I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.”
Revelation 2:2 BSB