Ephesians 4:29
The scripture for today is another parable, which I read earlier during the week but the passage goes on to talk about the priests who are trying to catch Jesus in something he says so they can arrest him. So for today the main focus for me is v19-26. After reading these verses the phrase "Caught Up!" comes to my mind, because that is exactly what the priests are trying to do with Jesus. They are SO determined to catch Jesus when he messes up, that they are sending spies out. Talk about desperate. But they can't catch him messing up!
One thing I have noticed in the more recent years, is the more you proclaim your love for Jesus and worship Him in public, the more people there are WAITING for you to mess up so they can talk about you. Often times they will use words like "hypocrite" "fake" or "not real" because they think that since you talk about God all the time that you are now "perfect". They will follow you on twitter, instagram, facebook, etc. just to see if EVERYTHING you are saying is God-like, and the second it's not,
BAM!
They are ready to talk behind your back. Especially if you lived a not so God-like life before. How do I know this? Because I am guilty of doing some of those things. Raining on peoples praise. But reading this passage and spending time with God I notice 2 things. The first is that no matter what you do people are going to talk about you, specially when it comes to you and how you worship. But it shouldn't matter because your worship should only between you and God. A relationship that no one should be able to break. The next thing is that when you start walking with God, people are going to talk about you, and wait for you to mess up. But as your relationship with Him strengthens there should be fewer and fewer negative things that people should be able to talk about, because your actions will be different. Notice how in the passage the spies and priests couldn't catch Jesus in something. When our relationship with God grows it should be much harder for people to catch us in something. Of course we are not perfect, we are going to make mistakes, and there are going to be people there to rub our faces in it calling us hypocrites. BUT God is always ready to forgive us, pick us up, dust us off, and send us back in the right direction. Which is all that matters. So don't let the people waiting for you to make a mistake intimidate you, instead let them motivate you to want to do better and get even closer to God. When they see you doing better they will become silent (v26), and move on to something else.
Each day try and do a little bit better and make sure your actions are reflecting Jesus, because people are ALWAYS watching and waiting. But let them gossip by saying, "Have you seen how (insert name) has really turned his/her life around? They must really be serious about this Jesus thing!" And you just walk on by with a smile on your face thinking "Yeh! I'm serious about this Jesus thing!" *swag walks away* Lol
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