Have you been passive in your spiritual life and feel it's too late to change?

Robert Bosley addresses this concern, reminding us that it's never too late to become intentional in our faith. He encourages us to put away idols and harmful habits and to use our past as a testimony to God's grace and faithfulness. Even if there are years of passivity, Bosley explains that God can change our hearts, leading us to be more active in worship and proactive in teaching His Word. He emphasizes that God's grace is sufficient to change our patterns and redeem even many lost years of idleness.

Bosley stresses that being in a rut of passivity doesn't mean we have to stay there. God often calls his people to do uncomfortable things, but He equips us to do them. While it might be easier not to teach our children and lead our families in worship, God gives us the grace and ability to do so. We are called to trust in the Lord, rely on His strength, and take up the mission He has entrusted us with. It's never too late to become active in our faith.

2 Corinthians 12:9 (NKJV): "And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

You may have been passive for years at this point, but change it. Put away the idols. Put away the idols. There is probably, it's probably not too late. You can take that, that and even use that as a testimony to God's grace and his faithfulness.

Yes, I've been absent for years, but God has changed my heart in this and I want to follow the Lord in leading in worship and being more active and proactive in teaching the Word and in leading you to know God. So the real message to passive fathers is you can change. You can change the pattern that you've started, maybe even the pattern that your father set for you. God's grace is sufficient. He can change you and he can redeem even many lost years of idleness and passivity.

That can be changed and you can write the course and you can change paths and get back onto a better course of action where you're being active in your family and leading in worship and teaching them the Word of God. Just because you're in this pattern right now, you're in this rut of passivity doesn't mean you have to stay there. God calls his people to do certain things that are often uncomfortable, things that we don't naturally want to do. But when God calls his people to do these things, we also have the promise that He'll equip us and enable us to do them. So God's commands, they're not burdensome.

So when scripture tells us that we're to teach our children in all these circumstances in the home, it's not an impossibility. It's easier to not do it, but God is going to give you the grace and the ability to do it. So, trust in the Lord, rely on His grace, rely on the strength that He supplies to come out of that rut of passivity, to really become active and to take up this mission that God has called you to embark on, to teach, and to equip your children. It's not too late, really.