"Roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready. Be pulled into a way of life shaped by God's life."
The Christian life is not a life of laziness but one of action, alertness, energy, expectation. It's rolling up your sleeves, putting your mind in gear, being totally ready.
It's being active, working, serving, watching, expecting. Watching & expecting the return of Christ with anticipation - like a young teen watching out the window expecting her first love to come get her. Watching & expecting God to show you today how you can do His good works and serve others. Watching out for those thoughts, words, and actions that will easily trip you up IF you are not thinking.
The more you watch and expect and are alert to the coming of Christ and to what God has for you to do today - the less likely you will be to become lazy and allow sin to grab your thoughts, your words, your actions. The more you watch and expect and are alert - the more you step forward into a more holier life.
Imagine a day - an entire day - where you rolled up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, and you were always totally ready. May that be on the forefront of your mind today.
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