Believing in Jesus is a great thing. But it is not the whole story. In order to really live the life that is offered a person needs to both trust and then live into the new reality that God has worked in their life–that is the receiving part of the equation that so many miss.
So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy. [1 Peter 1:13-16]