Living the time that remains

Peter is direct: the time that remains must no longer be lived for human passions, but for the will of God. The Christian life requires a break. Not only with visible sins, but with the inward logic that feeds them.

Many times we call freedom what is only conditioned repetition. Old desires seem like choice, but function like prison. The question is not only what we want, but what governs our wanting.

Christ suffered in the flesh and calls us to break with the old way of living. This break does not arise from the brute strength of the soul, but from union with Christ and the operation of the cross. The time that remains is too short to be wasted on autopilot.