A man walks onto a football field and declares that he is the fastest and strongest of all the men in the game. After running one play the coach asks the man why he just stood and watched the other men. The man tells the coach that being new in America this is the first time he has ever seen a football. This man will never make the team until he has been trained.
Many church people today have not trained themselves to be godly but they insist they are in the game. They have declared their Christianity but they are not living life the way God has instructed. It is necessary to present ourselves to His service without reserving anything to our control.
This presenting is to involve ourselves in activities we have been granted by God. We must adhere to His perfect way of life no matter how inept our efforts may seem. A Christian must remember that anything we do is valid only when motivated and directed by the Spirit of Christ living in us.
God has communicated his ideas to us in the Bible and we must devote ourselves to learning the rules of His gospel. After we have trained ourselves in the basics of Christianity we must then enter the "game" and strive to win. The way a follower of Christ does this is by forgiving and loving the people around them. The most important task is to tell them the good news of the Savior. This must either be spoken or written in a way that will convey the love of God.
Another witness of God is to serve people in a way which will glorify our Lord and spark their interest in salvation. The bottom line is that we must dedicate ourselves to working for our Savior and everything must be done in love or it doesn't count. Paul said, "be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." (1 Tim 4:12)
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