“Sorry! Ever since I retired, I have lost track of time. I know I was supposed to plan the next get-together, but it slipped my mind!”

I was speaking to my friend who recently retired. He and his wife, along with myself and my wife and another couple, would get together for dinner on a regular basis. We would take terms planning the dinners and until this past time, never had to remind each couple that it was their turn to plan. Retirement had definitely changed him. The irony was he was one of the most compulsive and organized persons I had ever met. Now, all of these skills were seemingly disappearing. Before he would awaken early to exercise and read the Bible. Now he would fritter away the time by surfing the internet and sleeping in. He was becoming the opposite of what made him a success. 

Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. 

2 John 1:8 (NASB)

The admonition, “Finish strong” are not empty words. The Bible is replete with examples of great saints who lost what they accomplished after a long life of success and faithfulness to God. Perhaps there is no more tragic example than King Solomon, one of the wisest and richest monarchs of the ancient world. He fell victim to idolatry, following the false gods of his many foreign wives. 

We do not have to allow ourselves to descend to self-defeat. Our full reward is awaiting all who have placed their trust in Jesus Christ, as Lord and Savior. 

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

Jude 1:24-25 (NASB)

Watch yourselves!

Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus Christ, the author and perfecter of our salvation.

Love and trust in the Lord; seek His will in your life.

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