Speaking in the Light

When I was a younger man, I used to live my life by running a million miles per hour. I was a very driven perfectionist who never would settle for anything less than what I deemed as excellence. 
Unfortunately, in my haste to reach what I believed were worthy goals, I missed many God-ordained opportunities along the way. Please know that if you desire to be Christ-like, you can’t accomplish that objective in a hurry. And you won’t be able to pull off that purpose in your own power.
How many of us are stuck in an out-of-control pathetic pace as we practically attempt to run the daily race before us?  The last I checked, burning out is not a spiritual gift. Too often the only thing that matters to us is reaching our destination with little appreciation for the journey. As believers, God promises us that there is purpose in every step. But if we continue to travel miles ahead of our Lord, how in the world can we follow Jesus?
The Bible challenges us to be very careful in the way that we walk.  We are to prayerfully consider each step we take and not wander blindly into landmines, pitfalls and the world’s refuse. Maybe it is time that those of us who claim to be Christ followers should make progress with the same attention that a tightrope walker attends to his craft. 
When we dare to walk wisely by acknowledging our faith in all matters of our behavior, we put ourselves in position to see God keep His promise by making our paths productive and fruitful. There is no charge of falling off the cliff when you live to cling to Christ.
We don’t have forever to get this right. A believer knows how to properly manage the clock. Opportunities are God’s open door to changing earth’s tune. It is a chance to sing out to the surrounding audience with a brand new song because the lyrics of society have gone sour.
When Christians motor around just like everyone else, God is not given room to show off His stuff through us. That is why churches might talk a big game, but they show up small and become the butt of the world’s jokes rather than gain respect. 
If we start becoming conduits of the Holy Spirit rather than critics and clowns, Christ might finally get to be center stage in all we say and do.
Scripture calls us to be conscious of what we are allowing to fill us.  Like a life raft, we must be properly inflated if we are ever to fulfill our call to rescue the perishing and impact the surrounding audience.  We live within a county that is being paralyzed and sabotaged by its addictions to artificial substitutes. 
Nobody will ever achieve real satisfaction by playing spin the bottle. It is time for those who claim to love God to step up and start praying, “Spirit, spin us towards you.” 
Every Christian might have all of the Spirit, but the real power is when the Spirit is given access to all of the Christian. 
Alcohol is a depressant and the Holy Spirit is a stimulant. In your own legacy, what will it be said of who and what controlled you?
In God’s presence, praise turns our whining into worship. In God’s presence, complaints are transformed into compassion and grumbling becomes gratitude. As a matter of fact, it is when Christians look up rather than give up that the true colors of faith shine brightest. 
If ever there was a day that believers can’t be invisible, it is now. Let’s put on our walking shoes and follow the only leader taking us some place worth going. 
Holy Spirit-fueled lives lead to Holy Spirit-filled lives which leads to Holy Spirit-empowered living in a time that’s begging for true heroes. Look and live and walk like it matters because every step does.