It says in 2 Corinthians that people are watching us as Christians. Let me quote 2 Corinthians 6:4-10 "Our work gets validated - or not - in the details. People are watching us as we stay at our post, alertly, unswervingly...in hard times, tough times, bad times; when we're beaten up, jailed, and mobbed; working hard, working late, working without eating; with pure heart, clear head, steady hand; in gentleness, holiness, and honest love; when we're telling the truth, and when God's showing his power; when we're doing our best setting things right; when we're praised, and when we're blamed; slandered, and honored; true to our word, though distrusted; ignored by the world, but recognized by God; terrifically alive, though rumored to be dead; beaten within an inch of our lives, but refusing to die; immersed in tears, yet always filled with deep joy; living on handouts, yet enriching many; having nothing, having it all." (The Message)
Wow!! It is often said that Christians are the only Bible some people read. If this is true, what do they see when they "read" us? Do they see two very different people; one when good things happen and life is good and a totally different person when the chips are down and things aren't going so good. God "is the same yesterday, today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8). He loves us when life is good and when it's not. Why do we trust Him when life is good and not so much when it's not? God knows what's going on with us; He wants us to trust Him all the time! So, maybe we should try trusting Him with all of our lives. If we did that, what kind of "Bible" would people read in us. That list in 2 Corinthians 6 is pretty extensive; do you think God put it that way for a reason. I think that God was trying to get a point across: that He is the same God through all circumstances - good or bad - so if we can trust Him with the good in our lives, then why not trust Him with the bad as well.
Try it - see if it changes your life - and the lives of those "reading" you. I guarantee you that it will!
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