May 28, 2010
What are you for?
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Sami Cone
“Live you’re life according to what you’re for, not what you’re against”
When I heard Brian Houston (from Hillsong Australia) preach on this last year, it radically transformed my thought process.
You see so many people these days protesting, complaining and rallying against something, that it’s easy to focus on the negative…what’s wrong with the world and its people. But hearing Brian utter these words reminded me of when I was young in my faith (which was not that many years ago!) as a new Christian who finally realized that God wanted a living, breathing relationship with me.
I was afraid of sharing my testimony because of everything I didn’t yet know about the Bible. I was afraid of the questions people would ask me that I I wouldn’t have the answers to. Bottom line, I was afraid.
But as I prayed for the strength and opportunity to share Jesus with others, I was made aware of 1 Peter 3:15-16:
“But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.”
I realized that I didn’t have to have all the answers. Heck, I didn’t have to have any answers. All I knew was my personal testimony – what had happened in my life, how I finally encountered Jesus one afternoon in my office in my mid-twenties, and what that meant to me now.
When we focus on what we’re living for instead of what we’re in opposition of, I think we’ll find our lives to be much more powerful as a result.
Questions to ponder:
*Do people know what you stand for, or only what you stand against?
*How do you live out your beliefs in front of your children & family?
*Are you living out your faith in words alone, or in actions too?
*Do people know what you stand for, or only what you stand against?
*How do you live out your beliefs in front of your children & family?
*Are you living out your faith in words alone, or in actions too?
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3 comments:
All really good questions and thoughts for me to ponder over the long weekend.
Thanks!
I think you're right. When you live your life illustrating what you are "for," it's plain to see what you are not. But it's a gentler, sweeter, more grace-filled message, I think.
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Awesome thoughts!!
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