Do all things without grumbling or disputing; so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world, Phil 2:14-15 NASB
I am a wife and a mother. As such, there are certain things I do – decisions I make, actions I take, and company I keep. I choose to interact with my husband on a regular, daily basis, not putting him on the back burner while I cultivate relationships with a multitude of other people. At this moment I am stretching awkwardly to type this post because I have a lap full of a precious freshly awakened four-year-old snuggler. Nothing I do is without consideration for my husband and my three children.
My actions do not change who I am. They prove who I am.
I could refuse to act like a wife or a mother. I’ve seen women do it before. It hasn’t changed the fact that they are married. Even if their actions are followed by a divorce, they still have been that man’s wife. It doesn’t change the fact that they are mothers. Even if their children are adopted into other families, it still remains that those children were born to them.
In the same way, if I have been adopted into the family of God, I am His child. My actions may not prove it, but that doesn’t change reality.
So, I have a choice today. Will I act like the child of God that I am? Because I am a child of God, I am blameless and innocent. I am a light in this dark world. Will I live out that truth, or will I continue to blend in with the impure darkness of the world around me?
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