As water reflects a face,
so a man's heart reflects the man.
The Bible is clear that the way you walk will be a true reflection of your heart. It's easy these days to talk a big talk, but in the end your reflection will be shown through your actions. Words can be deceptive, misleading, rationalizing...But our actions are the very words that the heart will speak.
How are you as a Christian living your life out before the eyes of the world? Are you living with the reflection of Christ or with the reflection of the world? Do you have a hunger for God's Word, God's holiness, a desire that all you do, you do it for the glory of God? How long have you been a Christian? Over time have you changed? Are you becoming a Romans 12 Christian?
You see, when God saved you He doesn't just leave you alone. Imagine a child going to kindergarten for the first time, do you just pull up and drop them off and say, have a great day and I'll see you after school gets out. If you get lost just ask a stranger for directions. Does this seem correct? NO WAY that would be a major disaster, quite possibly that child would never want to go back. My point is this, if God is going to save you from His wrath through the blood of Christ, wouldn't He change you to be more like Christ? Wouldn't God give you a new heart with new desires, new joys, a new attitude, a new song in your heart?
God gives us everything we need, His Son, His Word, His Holy Spirit as tools that will help us along the path of life when we choose to live for Him. Over time we as Christians should be seeing some change come into our lives. We start to do things differently, talk differently, handles problems differently. We see the world through new eyes. Our heart starts to beat for the lost. Our greatest desire is to be sold out for the greater cause of Christ. Our love for the things of this world fade, and our love for the Lord increases.
We can only be two types of Christians.
- "FC" - fake Christian
- "LC" - Legit Christian
We as Christians should be living in a way that reflects the image, the love, the mercy, the grace of Christ. We should be growing up into mature Christians, Christians that would look and act that they belong to God's church. Let’s be 2 Timothy 2:15. Let’s be pure and holy, set apart to do God's work.
God elects (chosen), then justifies (declared guiltless), then sanctifies (make holy), then glorifies (reign with Christ) us in the life to come.
Bottom line is if your faith has not changed you, it has not saved you. Meaning if your a "LC" on Sundays, but Monday through Saturday your an "FC" there is a real problem. Let's abide in Jesus' Words. We are only fooling ourselves if we think that the impure things, impure people of this life are fit for God's Kingdom! So ask yourself, are you fit for God's Kingdom?
