When does the Christian begin to cool down in faith?

* Luís Alberto Alves

The beginning of the walk in the Gospel of Christ is equal to the beginning of the street race: everyone is a thousand! The first kilometers are high-speed. Many athletes can walk this distance in 10 minutes. They seem to have wings on their feet.

From the middle of the race, especially if it's a 42-km marathon, the conversation changes tone. After 18 kilometers, the cramps appear in the thigh and belly of the leg. Breathing begins to present difficulty. You pull the air, but it does not look like it enters the nose.

The end of the competition, for those who did not fall down the road or get injured, is stuffed with fatigue. The body seems to catch fire: the feet swell, tingle, sweat covers the face, arms, legs, back and chest. Depletion is visible even in well-prepared ones.

In the Christian life the same thing happens. Because the world does not give us respite. Each day offers a dish of lentils, stuffed with false beauty. It may be a very agitated beat song, or even a ballad with a letter of love, but of exaltation to the man and not to Jesus Christ.

Programs that ignore the Gospel draw our attention, even presenting themes of an evil nature. It is the famous attraction for the forbidden, as if God is not seeing what we are doing. The list is long.

The apex is when someone, used by the enemy, tells us the magic phrase: "you need to enjoy life. Have you noticed that you spend a lot of time involved with the works of the church? Just go on Sundays, watch the service and that's okay with God. "

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor