A Time of Refreshing

Spring is one of my absolute favorite times of the year. After a long winter’s nap, everything starts coming back to life. The trees start sprouting new leaves, the grass becomes green once more, birds are twittering, the purple martins return, and farm animal babies are all around. It is a glorious time of renewal and hope. Spring is truly in the air.

What about us as Christians? Do we need a time of renewal? Do we need a time of refreshing? I believe we all do. The walk of a Christian is not a straight line or a steady path going upward. Instead, our walk is one full of zigs and zags, hills, and deep valleys. Sometimes, we are on the mountain top of joy and at other times, in the deep, dark valley of despair.

The Bible talks about how as Christians, we can refresh one another. We encourage one another to grow in the Lord, to not give up, and to start new works. Let us please consider passages such as Romans 15:32, 1 Corinthians 16:18, 2 Corinthians 7:13, 2 Timothy 1:16, Philemon 1:7, and 1:20. “As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend” (Proverbs 27:17). We have an influence on others, let us use that to refresh and encourage our fellow soldiers of the cross.

For those who are not Christians, God’s word can lead to times of great refreshing if they will believe and obey the Lord’s commands. “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord” (Acts 3:19). The happiest day of one’s life is when he or she realizes they are lost and does something about it by being baptized for the remission of their sins (Acts 2:38). Coming out of that watery grave, one is tremendously relieved because that individual has passed from death into life again in Christ Jesus. Please read John 5:24 and Romans 6:3-9.

This spring, let us be refreshed in the Lord and be refreshed by our brothers and sisters in Christ.



Stay true to the Word,

Brother Travis