Money Where Your Mouth Is.

Put your money where your mouth is!  We always want proof, don’t we?  The Apostle Thomas wanted proof that Jesus had risen from the dead as the other apostles had told him. We wanted to see it with his own eyes. He wanted to touch and handle Him. There is nothing wrong with wanting proof of some things. The world wants proof that we are what we say we are. They want us to put our money where our mouth is.

We have been looking at Romans 12 and the first two verses showed us “what” God wanted from Christians (total submission), “how” to do it (transformation by the renewing of our minds), and “why” we should do it (receive perfect will of God). Verses nine through thirteen gives us the marks of an “all in” Christian.

The Apostle Paul gives us the following list of what our lives should look like if we have totally surrendered to Christ:
• we will be authentic. Authenticity happens when the real you, meets real needs, for the right reasons, in the right way.
•we show a sincere love.
•abhor what is evil.
•hold fast to what is true.
•be devoted to one another.
•honor one another.
•not be slothful in zeal (laziness).
•fervent in spirit.
•serving the Lord.
•rejoicing in hope.
•patient in troubles.
•constant in prayer.
•contribute to the needs of others.
•be hospitable

Now there is no way we can be perfect in all of these things. We are all at different places along our journey for each one of these and we will never perfect any of them. But our goal should be to keep striving after the mark of being like Jesus in each of these and the result will be that people will know that we are followers of Christ. Even the Apostle Paul said, “Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own”. - Philippians 3:12

Have a great day and God bless.