A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action

Whenever I think of “godly” people, I think of those whose faiths are blatantly obvious. The reason so many have turned their back on Christianity is because faith has become all religious talk with no action to back it up. Once you open your mouth to talk about Jesus/God/church, people automatically stick their fingers in their ears and sing, “I can’t hear you, la la la la!”

I hate to say it, but some of the most annoying people in the world are the people that CONSTANTLY talk about God or try to stick a Bible verse in every conversation. Don’t get me wrong, we SHOULD talk about God and how our relationship with Jesus has changed our lives, but at the right place and time. If your “God talk” is just annoying people and pushing them away, is it really right?

Jesus talked about religion and gave sermons when it was necessary. However, He spent most of His time feeding the hungry, healing the sick, having lunch with tax collectors, saving prostitutes from being stoned by religious leaders, etc. He didn’t need all the talk because people saw His faith. They didn’t need to hear it.

Evangelism has become such an ugly (for lack of a better term) concept for Christians. The biggest reason for that is because people are intimidated by it and define it incorrectly. Most people would define evangelism as telling others about Christ. In their minds they imagine themselves walking up to some stranger saying, “Hey, do you know Jesus?!” I would say the majority of people would cringe at that situation, including myself. What people need isn’t to be TOLD about Christ but to be SHOWN Christ. I don’t know about you, but I’ve seen a lot more people in my life be moved toward Christ because of something I did, not because of something I said. Actually, I’m not sure I could name a time when someone turned to Christ only because of something I said.

Jesus help me to be one of those people that I mentioned at the beginning: someone who is so desperately in love with You that those around her can’t help but see…and believe.