Watching You

Ephesians 5:15

Vs 15:  In verse 15 Paul gives a warning to the believers, “Be careful, then how you walk…”  Or watch carefully how you walk.  He means to give close attention to the way you conduct your life.  Believers are to walk with purpose and walk with the understanding that we are indeed representatives of God and Jesus Christ. 

Here is the truth… People are watching Christians in general and many are not impressed. It's a sad thing when I hear the reason someone does not want to be a Christian or attend church is because "they are all a bunch of hypocrites." They look at us and see we don't always practice what we preach. Our response is often, "Hey don't look at the actions of God's people, look to God." This is unfortunate that the people who supposedly represent Christ here on earth say, "Don't look at us, we are merely human and imperfect" (which is true). However we must strive to be imitators of Christ; not only for our benefit but ultimately for his glory

As Disciples of Christ we are to model our lives after our master.  This means we try to the best of our ability and from the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to live as Jesus lived.  So we need to take into consideration that is we want to live as Jesus Christ commands us then we need to walk in His footsteps and theses steps are to be people of

1. Compassion
2. Prayer
3. Love
4. Evangelism
5. Servanthood

May you be challenged today to model your life after Jesus?  He is the true representation of God and you as his child must imitate him.  Live a life that is worthy of the calling by being imitators of God and be very careful how you live, not as unwise, but as wise because a disciple of Christ (a child of God) who is fully alive lives a life imitating God.