Ecclesiates 7;16 says “Do not be excessively righteous and do not be overly wise” 2 Timothy 3:1-5 says “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, haters of good, trecherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to the form of godliness although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.”
I started off with these scriptures to ask this question: Will the real men and women of God please stand up? Asking you to stand up is asking you to be real. Alot of us have this showy religion. We lift up holy hands in church, use religious slang, quote scripture, we join ourselves to certain denominations thinking they are more powerful than the other. We do so many things to show that we are religious but where is the evidence that you really represent God? Yes we have the form of godliness but are you really positively effecting the people around you? We have the big churches and the super spiritual ministries but do they have any impact on the community? I want you to really think about yourself personally: Are you being a good example and are you ready to give a word of encouragement when the time is right? Do you show the fruit of the spirit which is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control as stated in Galations 5:22? Or do you show mostly the characteristics shown in the scriptures I mentioned in the beginning?
To have a true positive influence we must be saved. Don’t get me wrong, you still can have a positive influence on someone and not be saved but to really know true love, we must have received Jesus Christ as our personal Savior.
This is a call to wake up and do what God called us to do. We have to press to love, be kind and do all the rest of the fruit of the spirit even we don’t fell like it. Most of all we have to love on purpose, even the ones that seem unlovable. My brothers and sisters the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few (Luke 10:2). The harvest is going bad meaning people are dying and killing themselves without really being encouraged. Do you want that blood on your hands knowing you could have helped knowing you could have helped someone and didn’t. Don’t be one of those so called Christians, BE REAL!