Are you trying to
live a Life that mirrors Christ? What view do you think the world has of us as
Christians? Do we walk what we preach and how do we go about this? These are
important questions every believer needs to be asking themselves. Are we
forgetting the most important 2 commands that God gave us” “Love the Lord your
God with all your heart and your all mind and all your soul and love your neighbor
as yourself” Have we missed what being A Christ follower is; the very
foundation and basics of Christianity. Others should know we are Christians by
our love. We should stand out from the world! (Be in the World, but not of the world)
The Bible talks
about us being the Salt and the light in Matthew
5:13-16 it says”
“You are the salt of
the earth, but if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?
It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled
underfoot. You are the light of the world, a town built on a hill cannot be
hidden, neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they
put it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way
let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and
glorify your father in heaven.”
This world is a dark
place, but we as believers aren’t suppose to just sit back and expect others to
take the lead and share the gospel, we are all missionaries, in some form, we
are his disciples and we are told to go out and make other disciples. How can
we do this when we can’t shop love to others? How can we do what God has called
us to do when the world sees us no different, when we don’t stand by what we
believe in our actions and they don’t see Jesus in our words we speak, in how
we interact in our daily lives, in what we post on social media, what example
are we showing to those who are lost? to the broken and the hurting.
We are suppose to be the hands and feet of
Jesus, but so many times we get caught up in the worlds desires, our own
selfish motives or even knowledge, we think that that’s how we will reach
others with Christ and like it says in the scriptures in 1 Corinthians 13;1-3
which talks about having gifts of knowledge , but if you don’t have love then you are nothing! God is love
and if we don’t have that component, that vital important piece then we are
nothing without it!
As Christians we represent
Christ, the church, for the church is Gods People,, but if we are quarrelsome and
living a life that we know is not what Christ requires of us, what representation
are we giving the world of Jesus Christ. We need to be real with people, we
need to get our hands dirty and be involved in their lives and genuinely show
them we care about them, about their pain, their loss, their joys and their
life, showing LOVE how simple it is, but so many forget what that means!
I for one know I have things I need to work
on, I’m still a work in progress, but my desire is to show the love of Jesus to
others, I want to share with them my life, build that relationships, friendship
with those I come in contact with, pray for those opportunities for me to share
the gospel and those times will present themselves, but we need to do this in a
way of love, otherwise we’ve missed the mark the whole point! So let’s strive
to live a life that mirrors Christ and that means living a life of Love, before
the knowledge.
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