And They'll Know We Are Christians By Our....

Bumper stickers? A couple weeks ago, a lady at work approached me in regards to my car. She said, "I was behind this car yesterday and I just knew it had to be you!" I asked her why and she told me it was because of my bumper sticker. I had to try hard not to spit out the tea that I was drinking. I was laughing pretty hard. My bumper sticker says: "Are you following JESUS this close?" Now, I don't know if it was because the bumper sticker has the word Jesus, or if it is the sarcasm mixed with what it says on the bumper sticker that gave it away. I'm told by my coworkers that I am a silly person. I keep them laughing, thus my confusion over which part of the bumper sticker gave it away was understandable.

This lady has heard me talk about my faith and my desire to do some work in the ministry. She knows that when they go out to male strip clubs, I won't go. I don't even get invited to most of the parties simply due to the fact that I don't enjoy it when people get drunk and I tend to leave early on so that I won't be overly tempted to get drunk myself. Sometimes I feel like the outcast, but I know they leave me out because they know it doesn't mesh with my lifestyle. I'm ok with that, because it shows they respect me. So naturally I took her knowing it was my car as a compliment.

This interaction had me thinking though. What is my life saying? If I went out with them to the strip clubs and partying until I was drunk off my wonderfully rounded behind, would she have known it was my car or would she have thought it belonged to someone else?

The song says "And they'll know we are Christians by our love". I don't want people to know I'm a Christian simply because I talk about God, don't do what they do, don't talk like they talk, or because I have a Jesus bumper sticker on my car. I want them to know I am a Christian because of my LOVE for Christ and my LOVE for His creation!

Ephesians 5:1-2
Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.