Dave

I struck a conversation with my good friend Dave, he informed me that he was looking for a new car to purchase. It came down to two choices a Mini Cooper or a Toyota FJ Cruiser. I looked at him and right off the batt told him that he did not look anywhere near like an FJ Cruiser to me, but rather he looked every bit like a Mini Cooper. It's funny how sometimes people's characters or personalities can match the cars that they drive, there is a peculiar parallel between this illustration and the way we claim ourselves to be Christians. We can shout out loud to the whole world who we are and claim to be Christians all we want ... but do we look it? Do we live like one? Does our talk match our actions? Does our behavior shout the words "I am a Christian!"? Dave by the way hunkered for a Mini Cooper which is awesome to say the least because it matches his character and personality. What about us? What if when somebody tells us "you look like a Christian...are you?" Can we honestly own it? Hmmmmm.......

Do not merely listen to the word of God, and so decieve yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it-he will be blessed in what he does.

James 1:22-25