It’s Never Too Late to Live for Christ

01/19/24 – 01/28/24

There Is Still Time

By Michael Youssef, Ph D.  01/19/24

If you are alive and in Christ, there is still time for you to be used mightily by God. You are needed and your faith is precious.

Read 2 Peter 1:1-2.  I think every one of us can testify to the fact that there have been points in our lives—maybe even now—when we have felt defeated, discouraged, and despondent. In these moments, it can be easy to say to ourselves, “It’s too late for me. My situation is hopeless. It’s too late for forgiveness, restoration, and healing. It’s too late to be used mightily by God and make a difference in this world.”

Friend, I am here to tell you that these statements are all authored by Satan’s publishing company. I have news for you: God specializes in using the repentant sinner. Just consider the life of the apostle Peter, the author of the very epistle we are studying.

When the chips were down, Peter denied His Lord three times. But afterwards he believed in a forgiving God, throwing himself on His grace and mercy, and God used him to build His church. If you are a servant of Christ, with faith in His righteousness and breath in your lungs, it is not too late for you to make an impact.

You are desperately needed in the spiritual battle raging today. The church needs people like you and me to take a stand for Christ. And 2 Peter was written to show us how.

Prayer: Father, thank You for 2 Peter and its message to both encourage and exhort me to stand firm on Your Truth. I know nothing is impossible for You, so use me—though I am a broken vessel—for Your glory. I know that, as You do, You will transform me and bring healing. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

“Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: Grace and peace be yours in abundance” (2 Peter 1:1-2).