Poser

This morning I woke up to blue skies with not a cloud to be seen. It was beautiful! I had my coffee and my banana as I sat down to read. As I began to read this morning, it grew a little bit darker out and I looked and saw the once blue and clear sky had turned gray and dreary. It was a little depressing considering I still had a 5 mile run to complete! Seeing nature behave like it did today made my mind race about how circumstances are not always as they appear. I feel Christians can sometimes behave in this way too.

What stood out to me in my reading: Verses 21 and 22 say, "Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe."

Why did this stand out me: These verses stood out to me because I do not fully understand how one is saved by faith and through faith, yet we are to "let our lights shine bright for the world to see our good deeds and glorify our Father in heaven." Jesus spoke so much of being different from the world, yet we have allowed ourselves to let our relationship with Jesus end with a faith commitment. James says that even demons believe and tremble. Even they have faith that Jesus is the Son of God. The difference is that Demons are out to steal, kill, and destroy. Jesus came so that we would have life.

How does this apply in my own life: I have been thinking about this for a really long time; several months in fact. What is a Christian? Is a Christian merely someone who believes in Jesus; or is a Christian something more? I would argue that being a Christian involves living a life similar to that of Jesus: living among the poor, serving those less fortunate, and loving the unlovable. Now that sounds an awful lot like works right? How does that play into the role of faith? I don't know. All I know is that I am called to love everyone around me equally, as Jesus did. I am to treat people with the love and care that Jesus did. Being a Christian is more than just saying a prayer when I was 6. Being a Christian involves living a life of love. Today, I will do my best to lovingly serve those whom I meet.

Thanks for reading! Tomorrow we will be in Galatians 4:1-7!

In His service, CrazyPete