Someone is Watching You

People are always watching us, and as Christians we must recognize that what we say and do reflects on the name of Christ.

Years ago one when my son was a little boy he was watching a computer game that consisted of a little man that lived in a house. The little guy would move around the house doing things such as read the paper, and feed the dog. He even put a record on his stereo once in a while and did a little jig. You could type messages to him and he would type back. If you ignored him he would eventually walk up to the monitor and knock on the glass to get your attention. Every once in a while he would step outside his front door and you couldn't see what he was doing outside. I'll never forget my little son saying, "I know what he's doing, Dad, he's smoking a cigarette!" I found this quite unusual since none of our immediate family smoked. I asked him a few questions and found out that he noticed how some of his uncles would step outside the front door of his Nana's house to smoke cigarettes. It amazed me that this made such an impression on my son, that when he saw this little computer guy step outside the front door of his house, that his first thought was that he must be stepping outside to smoke a cigarette.

Kids aren't the only ones that are impressionable. People of all ages are impressionable, and we adults are probably more impressionable than we realize or than we would care to admit.

But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light." See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,
(Eph 5:13-18)

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.