Most people have at least one person or a few people that they hold up on a pedistel. These people that you look up to may be the real deal, secretly hiding a specific sin or they are living a double life. However, regardless of how godly someone may appear, if anyone goes a day or two without the Word of God, they will quickly begin to think like the world.
I am a kind of person who only talks when I feel like I have something important to say. The days that I share the most are usually due to inspiration I received from scripture or insight from a book that I read after work. The times in my life that I withdraw from others is when I am not consistently reading scripture or spending time studying an interesting book. What I am trying to say is that without the Word, my life is boring like salt which loses its flavor, Matthew 5:13-16.
This is why the apostle Paul told the Ephesians to be very careful how they live. It takes to lifetime to build a legacy. It takes hard work and dedication to develop a good reputation. However, it only takes a day or two without being in fellowship with God to make a bad decision. In an instant, everything that you worked for can be gone, tarnished forever. Therefore, do not let the sun go down today without spending time in the Word. As Moses said in his farewell address to Israel, choose life or the world will drag you down.
by Jay Mankus
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