REPRESENT!

Yesterday I posted about the goodness of God.  We all know that we would just love being like God, being good every day, all day.  But we don’t think that can be achieved, so we settle for something less.  The Bible teaches us to be more like God than we want to think is possible.  “But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, ‘Be holy, for I am holy.’” 1 Peter 1:15-17(NKJV)

Now, I know that we are all sinners living in a very sinful society.  But should we stand aside and allow this sin to take over, to inhabit everything we have and will ever have, or do we stand up for all things good.  “And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.  Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.” Galatians 6:9-10(NKJV)

It’s human to think that it’s not my problem.  It’s human to feel that it’s not our job to do good to everyone all the time.  It’s human to think that God will somehow overlook our avoidance of doing good, and simply chalk it up as human behavior.  Newsflash, we are not human, but are called to be Children of our awesome God.  We need to represent.  Representing means doing good to everyone all the time, and not a select few who we feel can return the favor.  “Representing” means that we have given everything over to our God. “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” James 4:7(NKJV) When we do this, the enemy, or the world will run away and hide because it can’t stand the heat, or the light coming from it. 

Doing good to everyone all the time can sound like we have lost our minds.  We have lost our minds, because we are told to focus them on something bigger. “Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’”  We often say that we are far too busy to be Jesus “to the least of these.”  Jesus warns of this as well. 

There’s really no mystery to becoming the child of God we were created to be.  God not only gives us what we need to do this, i.e. the Holy Spirit, but He provides us with written directions and a teacher, Jesus Christ, that cannot be disputed.  All that is left is that we start acting as if we really want to learn.  Our only responsibly in this agreement is that we represent.  We represent Christ to a world in dire need of a Savior.  We represent the true definition of being called a child of our awesome God.  When we do this, people will take notice, and will find that they want all of what we have to give, God’s love. 

We need to represent. 

“in the world, not of the world”