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01.08.11

What Better Time?

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world,
the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world - the
lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life - is not of
the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust
of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. - 1 John 2:15-17.

When I was younger I looked forward to the year 2000 as a significant step
in my life. I believed that major milestones would have been reached by this
point, and in almost 50 years of life much has happened. Life in the 21st
century seems to be much the same as life in the 20th century. I have not
noticed any major differences. The electricity is still on and the water is
flowing. We are still going to work, eating, and sleeping. People are still
being born, and people are still dying.

My great-grandfather Curtis Zachary Taliaferro, near the turn of the last
century (1899), at the age of 51 moved from Texas to Oklahoma to homestead.
I'm glad I am not facing the same challenge today! But we have different
challenges. Many of them are spiritual. There are increasing venues of
communication from radio to internet. In addition, the print media is far
advanced from simply putting words on paper to elaborate photographic
images. With the increasing venues of communication have come barrages of
moral temptations. We have also had an increase in addictive substances,
from crack to designer drugs, and more probably on the way.

In the 21st Century, it will be easier than ever to fall away from the
faith. It will be easier than ever before to seek worldly substitutes for
God. In the 21st Century, only God can keep us from coming apart at the
seams in the rush of technological life. I know my ancestors depended upon
God to carry them through many difficult times. Only God can carry me
through the time in which, I now live. What better time than now, to make a
fresh commitment to God, and to live for Him during the year 2000 and
beyond? What better time than now, to commit ourselves to a daily quiet time
of Bible reading and prayer? What better time than now, to commit ourselves
to "not forsake (ing) the assembling of ourselves together" with other
believers? What better time than now, to commit ourselves to living out the
Christian life before those around us? What better time than this??

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