There is only one right way to serve the Lord Jesus Christ and that is to submit every decision during the day to Him for His wisdom and strength. Learn to lean on Jesus. Practice His Presence at every moment. Pray without ceasing. Take nothing for granted. Press into Jesus with all diligence. Serve Him. Pray. Read your Bible. Gather with the saints on a regular basis. Give of your material means as you are able. Seek and practice the gifts and ministries of the Spirit. Follow Jesus in cross-carrying obedience.

Do these things and you will sing and dance in the heights of Zion when the world is crumbling around you. You will be a lighthouse to guide the lost away from the rocks. You will be a fortress to shield people when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

Or you can choose to live the typical American life. Worship money, lust, entertainment, violence, education. Let our money-success-driven culture suck the life out of you. Don't pray. Spend no time in the Scriptures. Do not assemble with other believers except during Christmas, Easter and when someone gets married or dies.

This is what you will reap. When trouble comes, and it surely is coming, you will be a straw tossed about in a hurricane. You will be of no help to yourself or anyone else. You will be terrified at what is taking place but there will be no comfort for you. You do not know what you are facing at death. Friend, you are nowhere!

God and Satan are rising to face each other in the final confrontation. You are nothing but intelligent dust. Your wisdom and strength are pitiful when compared with God and Satan.

To not be attached to Christ is to be attached to Satan by default. There is no place in the middle. Man cannot stand when the powers of the heavens are shaken.

Your sins have been forgiven through the sacrifice made by Christ on Calvary. Now you have some choices to make. If you serve Christ diligently your reward will be to be delivered from the person and works of Satan and to enter the love, peace, and joy of Christ's Kingdom.

If you refuse to serve Christ diligently, wasting your God-given talents on the plastic bubbles of the computer age, your reward will be to remain bound to Satan and his demons. You will not be delivered unless Christ for some reason has mercy on you and permits you to enter eternity as a naked spirit. The remorse and torment you are facing is not describable by me, but if you were aware of it you would be a terrified wretch, on your face repenting before Christ.

But God usually doesn't show us the consequences of our sin. He gives us His good Word and entreats us to serve Him.

His love and grace are sufficient to bring you to joy. Don't show by your conduct you despise the riches found only in His Presence.