Text: 1Tim 4:15
'Be diligent in these matters, give yourself wholly to them so that everyone may see your progress'
The quest for better life, success in business, career and in life generally is fast taking the place of God in the hearts of believers. They have dreams, aspirations and visions of how they can be great and they do everything possible to attain enviable heights in these areas with little or no attention to their spiritual lives. This is one of the reasons Jesus asked in Mark chapter 8 verse 36, 'What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul in hell?' Therefore, it is important that we pay more attention to our spiritual lives.
Apostle Paul knew that being in the world with other life engagements demanding our attention warrants conscious efforts and determination from us to invest more into our spiritual lives because that is what really matters. Every pursuit for success in other endeavours ends here but the efforts we make to become better in our spiritual lives will help to secure us a place with God in eternity.
It is one thing to be in Christ and another to live or abide in Him. It takes diligence , that is, hard work to live by the word, pray, bring souls to God and to make impact for God in this world. Yes, you must endeavour to make impact, not just in career or business but in building yourself as you walk daily with God.
