Today I finished up Colossians. Being that I am a big fan of prayer anyway, the first verse was a good reminder. Skip down to verse 5 and prepare to be convicted! "Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders, make the most of every opportunity."
Wow! Are we always wise in the way you act toward outsiders? I know I'm not. What they see is what we are to them. I work in a prison and what one staff member does to an inmate, we have all done to that inmate. They see us as one single entity, not as individuals, and it is usually not good! It is the same with people that don't follow Christ. If they see you as doing something hipocritical, then we are all, as Christians, deemed to be living two lives. We are called to love people as Jesus loved people. Believers and non-believers alike.
Make the most of every opportunity. That's a hard one. In order to do that we have to be Christ minded. He has to be a part of every facet of our lives.
All of this takes us back to verse 1: "Devote yourselves to prayer...."
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