A Daily Devotional

About continuing in Christ:

1 John 2:28 And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.

Stopping a ball from rolling down a hill is easier before the ball starts rolling because once the ball starts rolling, the ball picks up momentum. In the same way, living out the Christian life is easier if we continue in Christ from one hour to the next. In the Christian life we experience obstacles, setbacks, temptations and diversions. However, if we have developed spiritual momentum, if we have developed a spiritual lifestyle in Christ, we can roll over the obstacles, setbacks, temptations, and diversions with greater ease. The power of Christ is a power propelling us forward in our life in spite of hindrances. The more days we are continuing in Christ's love and grace, the easier our life will be when we hit obstacles, setbacks, temptations, and diversions. In Christ, we do not stop, we do not relent, we do not give up, and we do not quit. Our momentum in being Christ-like is difficult to stop. The reason we want Christ's power and His spiritual momentum in our life is because when we see Him face to face we will be confident and full of joy because we have lived out our life like He wants us to live. When we see Christ face to face we will be unashamed because we will have lived the right way and we will have walked only His path of righteousness.