MARCH 4, 2013
They’re
Watching
Read: Titus 3:1-8
Speak evil of no one, . . . be peaceable,
gentle, showing all humility to
all men. —Titus 3:2
It’s
been several decades since a high school event devastated me. Playing
sports
was hugely important to me. I zeroed in on basketball and spent
hundreds of
hours practicing my game. So when I didn’t make the varsity
team in my last
year after being on the team since junior high, I was crushed.
Disappointed
and confused, I carried on. I became a stats guy for the team,
going to games
and keeping track of my friends’ rebounds and shots as they
got within one game
of the state championship without me. To be honest, I
never thought of how they
were viewing my response. I just muddled through.
That’s why I was surprised
recently to hear that several of my classmates told
my brother that they saw in
my response a lesson in Christianity—a picture of
Christ. My point is not to
tell you to do as I did, because I’m not sure what I did.
My point is this:
Whether we know it or not, people are watching us.
In
Titus 3:1-8, Paul explains the life God enables us to live—a life of respect,
obedience, and kindness that results from being reborn through Jesus and
renewed by the Holy Spirit who has been poured out on us.
As
we live a Spirit-guided life, God will show the reality of His presence to
others
through us.
Dear Father, You know how inadequate I am.
Please equip me through the Spirit to show love
and respect in my life so that others will see
through me and see You.
A Christian is a living sermon whether or not he preaches a
word.
Source: Our Daily Bread 2012
