Be the message

So often the words we say and the lives we live contradict, I’m really aware there is a contradiction in my life…I can’t stand self promotion ,yet I’ve just written a book about myself, how weird is that?

I really hope that my book speaks more about the realities of Gods presence and grace in our lives than it speaks of me, but it’s hard to tell, I suppose its all depending on the reader?

But what about the way we live? does our message and our lifestyle really tie up or are there huge discrepancies between what we say and what we do?

Consider the message of the gospel, that all are equal under Christ’s leadership, yet do we still manage to find ways to promote ourselves and crown ourselves kings? We still play power games and seek significance, we still long for titles and recognition?

Are we just a people who speak words but don’t live out the realities of the message?

Surely we have to be incarnational people, that the message we speak has to be the very same message we live?

Anything else is just a show isn’t it?

Anything else is a religious performance?

Sure, the Lord can use us even as we perform, after all he can use TV, movies, music and the media to communicate to those who are seeking him but does that somehow qualify the medium used? Is that Gods best for us?

He used an ass to speak in the old testament, does that make the ass anointed or just a tool in the hands of God?

We need to learn to stop putting on a show and learn to live the life, walk the walk, not just talk the talk.

When our words and actions combine together there is so much more authority, reality, resonance, power.

I must not talk of grace and show none, I must not talk of freedom and then control, I must not speak of equality and build an empire.

I need to be the message.

I am a tool, lol.