Practice what you preach

A lot of people put up a wall when it comes to their faith and what they think of Christians. Why do you think that is?

We can be so hypocritical.  We say we are believers and that everything we do is honoring to God but we don't always live our lives this way. Most Christians know what to say. With reading the Bible comes knowledge and proper things to say. We as humans have the dangerous ability to pretend what we know we are talking about.

You could have someone who reads the Bible everyday and knows it from beginning to end and their lives aren't reflecting this.

As Christians it's easy to talk about ourselves and about how our lives are changed and how we live our lives everyday. The problem that is happening is that nonbelievers watch this from a far and see that our lives aren't reflecting the way in which we talk.

We are missing a pretty big point here....We can't forget about the power, significance, perfection, and grace of God. We are broken people trying to preach to broken people that we aren't. Why would we talk this way? We need to tell other people about how God is all-powerful and loving.

Jesus was the only-perfect human to ever walk this earth. As much as we try to be, we aren't, as much as we want to be, we can't.

We all strive to be the very best for people and that is what we want. We want to be enough for everyone. We see people who have needs, and want to fulfill those needs....We can't fill those needs completely.

This is really cheesy but think of this like macaroni and cheese. God is the cheese you put it. You boil some water really well, put the noodles in, the butter and the milk, and you will just have some decent noodles. What makes that macaroni and cheese delicious and complete? The packet of cheese that you put it in.

We all have the power in ability to impact lives of people to a great extent, but we cannot do it all and when we share who God is we need to not forget that God is the only one who can fill that gap.

Practicing what we preach goes beyond living a life that is honoring and pleasing to God everyday. It's doing that plus making it known that we are not perfect. I read my Bible everyday, I pray, and talk about Jesus and I am not perfect. Only Jesus was perfect and that is what we cannot forget to say.

Why would Christians be inspired by someone who doesn't recognize that they are still broken? I respect people who are vulnerable, and recognize that only God is perfect.

We are pretty great, but not as great as we think we are...practice what you preach my friends. We all need Christ Jesus equally. I don't need Him anymore than the people sitting here in Einsteins. We all need Jesus more than anything.