Stop being a loser.

Stop losing your way

Even believers, who are in this world but not of it, can lose their way. That means losing focus on what the Lord wants from us. We were called for a reason: “that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9). We were once “dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1), and God doesn’t want us going back. But “in latter times some will depart from the faith” (1 Timothy 4:1), and many young people are leaving the church today, often to please others or chase what the world offers. The answer: “do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left” (Joshua 1:7).

Stop losing your relationship with God

Sin is the first thief. “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23), and “if we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us” (1 John 1:10). No one is sin-free. But even a “good person” can lose God another way: by building a relationship with money, people, and the world’s system instead of with Him. Jesus told of a rich man who tore down his barns to build bigger ones (Luke 12:16–21), and God said, “Fool! This night your soul will be required of you” (Luke 12:20). He was “not rich toward God.” So examine yourself and deal with anything that comes between you and Him. “Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You” (Psalm 119:11).

Stop losing your salvation

Salvation is free to us, but it wasn’t free. We were redeemed “with the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:19), and that cost the life of Jesus. Scripture treats it seriously: “how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?” (Hebrews 2:3). Paul says to “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” (Philippians 2:12). Peter asks, “If the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?” (1 Peter 4:18). And Jesus warned that in the last days “the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved” (Matthew 24:12–13).

Tighten your grip

Don’t just agree with this. Do something about it this week. Your way: think of the one thing God has asked of you that you keep putting off, and do it. Your relationship: bring whatever stands between you and God into the open: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). Your salvation: stop treating it as a given. Thank Jesus for it today, and stay close to Him. Then keep going. Fear loses things. Faith holds on.