Well, it’s that time of year again. It’s time to spring our clocks forward by one hour. I know there are people out there who really dislike the time changing because we lose an hour of sleep, but outside of the little adjustments we have to make to get used to things again, there are some really wonderful things seen in the spring of the year. On the ideal spring day, you can hear the birds chirping, the sun is shining and an assortment of flowers are all in bloom. The world basically wakes up from a long winter nap, and new life can be seen all around us.

Our spiritual lives can be like a new spring day every day. With each day with which the Lord blesses us, we have new opportunities and new moments to choose to live for Him. Joshua in Joshua 24:15 made it very clear Who he and his family were going to serve when he said, “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” New days and new moments give us the same opportunity to choose God and can spring us forward into a life that is pleasing to Him.

For those who are outside of Christ, each day is a new opportunity to get one’s life right with God. As we can see in 2 Peter 3:9, the Lord wants all people to repent and to come to Him. Each day we live is another opportunity to repent of our sins and have our sins washed away in the watery grave of baptism (Acts 2:38; 22:16). When we rise out of the waters of baptism, we are to rise to walk in “newness of life” (Romans 6:4). As a new child of God, a person is a new creation and alive through Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:1). Putting Christ on in baptism (Galatians 3:27) and having our sins washed away brings about new life. From that moment on, we should spring forward into a life that chooses to live for Him daily.

However, what about when we find ourselves no longer walking according to that new life in Christ? Maybe you and your spiritual life have been taking a long winter nap and have found yourself walking again in the darkness of sin. One of the great things about being in Christ is that even when we fall short and sin, we can know that we serve a God Who loves us and will forgive us if we will confess and return to Him (1 John 1:9). For those of us in Christ, we have an opportunity to spring forward in our spiritual lives because of the grace, mercy and forgiveness of God.

No matter what condition in which any of us find ourselves each day, let us always remember that every moment of every day can be a moment used to spring us forward into lives that are pleasing to God. May we all continue to choose God, and let us all continually grab hold of that new life that is found in Him.