(September 6, 2013)
When looking at the world around us and its descent into sin, it is sometimes difficult to not be despondent. Inexorably, if feels as though righteousness is losing the battle against wickedness. Whatever depravity we see on television, we can only expect to see something worse next year. And the year after that. In the disgusting race to the bottom, we are all losing. And it feels as though evil’s triumph is only a matter of time.
This is one of Satan’s greatest lies, however. Time is relentless – moving inexorably forward towards the day when we are placed beyond the reach of Satan and his temptations. Satan’s window of opportunity is forever coming to a close, and the day will come when we will also look at him and wonder how he had power to shake the nations. Satan understands this, and desperately seeks to make us of his time to destroy as many of us as he can. All we must do is resist him for a little while, turn our attentions to Christ and His work, and time will relentlessly march in our favor towards the day when he is made powerless against us.
Each day we hold tightly to our testimony and work out our salvation with fear and trembling is another lost day for Satan. Eventually he will run out of days, and – God-willing – we can be saved.
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