Over the past several years, I have become increasingly concerned about how so called Christians are acting in churches. I am blown away when I hear about people who get so upset over the most insignificant things in a church or hear about a church that protests at military funerals. All I can say is "You've Gotta Be Kidding!" It seems that in some cases they have forgotten the main message of Christ...LOVE!I often wonder if that is what Christ says when He sees how we act. The problem, in my opinion, is our church people are reacting instead of acting. This reacting can be to small changes in the church or to disagreements over how someone does something in the church. At times their reactions are so mean that it borders on frightening.
Maybe what we need to do is think before we react and to ask ourselves the following question. Is what we say or do pleasing in the eyes of Jesus Christ and does it further His kingdom? If we ask ourselves that question before we react it will temper our emotions (rage) and it will also slow down our reactions. I don't know about you, but I don't want to ever think that Jesus Christ is saying "you've gotta be kidding" when He hears or sees something I am doing!
It is time we start acting like Christians (one who follows Christ, what the word Christian actually means) and demonstrate the love that Christ has for us to others. Remember from 1 Corinthians 13:13 "and these three remain, faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is love."
The one emotion that prevents us from receiving or sharing the love of Christ is anger. I firmly believe that anger is the one emotion that satan uses to his advantage and against us. You see the other name for satan is the devil and if you take the "d" off of devil and added to anger you have danger. And when you do that what is left from the word devil is EVIL!
Make it your goal to try and be that beacon of light and love from Christ to others. You can be that beacon by stop reacting and start acting after you have asked yourself...are my actions pleasing to the eyes of Jesus Christ and does it further His kingdom?
