Keep it fresh

I was talking with a friend of mine the other day who is a car dealer and a mechanic. He grew up in the business and has carried on the family tradition. He was telling me how much advancement had taken place in the auto industry and how he’s had to continually learn the new technology in order to keep it fresh in his mind so he was able to do his work. If he didn’t continue studying he would fall behind and only be able to do certain things. He would be limited. 2 Peter 2:5-9 tells us to make every effort to add to our faith; goodness, knowledge, self control, perseverance and godliness, mutual affection and love. It says that if we possess these qualities in increasing measure it will keep us from being ineffective and unproductive in our knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. What does this mean? It means we have to put our work in! We must take time to study our bibles. Both alone and together. We must put into practice what we learn from it. Jesus is not physically here on earth right now. He lives in us and through us. If we are not living out our faith and continually keeping fresh our knowledge of him then we become unproductive witnesses. Then the world around us, the people we know or meet, will not be able to see Jesus. It is through us who believe that he is seen but if we are not living out our faith, then all they see is just another human being! Verse 9 says that if we don’t possess these qualities then we are nearsighted and blind forgetting that we have been cleansed from our past sins! Like a mechanic has to keep brushing up on his skills to be his best, so we too as Christ followers need to hone our skills and knowledge of Christ to be our best!! Help us Lord, not to forget the forgiveness you’ve given us through the sacrifice of Christ! Help us to continually grow in our faith and knowledge of you!!
Love you people!