Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:13
The Christian is not to be sitting around. He is to be a person of action. In the time of the early church, people said that the Christians "turned the world upside down." I've heard people say that Christians should be the "quiet and peaceable in the land." I don't think that's a very good picture of what God had in mind for us. We should be peaceful and not pick a fight with anyone, but we should not be quiet about what God has done for us. We should be shaking up people's lives with the good news of salvation. We should be prepared for action, and if we are following God, we will get the action we're prepared for. The Christian life is never dull. God will push us beyond our comfort zone if we're willing and ready to follow him.
Lord, help me to be prepared for action, close to You and ready to follow when You call. I want to be willing to speak up for You, and alert for opportunities to do it. Keep me sober in spirit with my hope fixed on your grace.
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