Sunday Morning

It’s usually easy to live as a set-apart Christian on a Sunday morning.

But between the church doors and the safety of home, something happens. We’re back in the stark reality of our culture. Singing of and talking about Jesus in a sanctuary of believers is one thing. Speaking out his name down the dark tunnels of the world is another.

Yet we’re called to do both. Dare I even say that if we were to rank them, that living for Jesus in the world is more important than at church on a Sunday?

Christianity can't be shed at the sanctuary doors. It isn’t an act limited to the stage of church. It’s a lifestyle that needs to permeate everything we do and everyone we touch. Church on Sunday isn't the game day of the Christian life, it's just the locker room that preps us for the world. That is, if Christ is truly our hope.

“For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.” 2 Cor. 2:15

Like a fragrant aroma, our faith in Christ should seep into every crack of our lives, infiltrating the in’s and out’s of who we are. When that is the case, it will waft into the lives of others, every day, without any active trying or planning on our part.

Limiting our faith to church is living lukewarmly. But a believer whose wick of life has truly been lit up by Jesus will burn for his glory every day.

What inspires you? Often, you can tell what inspires you because it’s what fulfills you. It’s what completes your joy and makes you smile. And most significantly, it’s what spurs you into action. If Jesus has ignited our wick and infiltrated our lives, he will be our greatest source of inspiration. He will fulfill us, complete us, and bring us deep joy.

Jesus must be more than an accessory to our lives. If he isn’t the foundation on which we stand, he won’t transform us. He must penetrate the way we live. He must be the root of the things we love. He must infiltrate every aspect of our lives. The he will inspire us to act, even outside of church.

So whether we’re in the company of believers, or out there in the big wide world, let our lives be wholly proclaiming Christ.

“The love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” 2 Cor. 5:14-15