Speak as though God were Listening

 I awoke this morning thinking of how Jesus would act and react to the world we live in if he were alive today. My thoughts turned to Galatians 3:28 - “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” I believe Christ would be so very disappointed in us. Disappointed in how we feed the evil of this world with our talk about politics, race and social issues. He would be disappointed in the hate and vitriol we spew every day about others on social media and in private. He would be disappointed in how we allow politics to separate us. I came to the realization that If we profess to be Christians we must put aside talk of race, put aside talk of sexism, put aside talk of our political leanings. Sure Christians can vote and have a political viewpoint but far too often we have given our politics too much sway in our lives, we have let politics become a wedge, or a wall even, between us and our Christianity. If you think race is important at all then you have let Satan in to separate you from God, from Jesus. If you have let issues of inequality in the sexes be your lynchpin then you have become separated from Jesus and The Father. If you spew political rhetoric and disdain then you have separated yourself from God and Jesus and their spirit is not in you. I Peter 4:11 tells us to "speak as one who speaks the very words of God" or put another way, speak as if God was standing next to you.

Concern yourself with the love of mans soul, not the color of their skin. Concern yourself with uplifting the poor, the handicapped, the weak, and those less fortunate than yourself for when you do you draw closer to God.

I say these things not as someone superior but as one who bears the shamefulness of being guilty of putting political rhetoric ahead of God. This ought not to be. Love people. Love. It’s not a 60’s flower power concept. It’s a concept that’s bequeathed to us from and by our creator and if we fail to put Love to use then we have failed God.