Christian Living
Today, Monday marks the beginning of a new work week for most people. Work is one thing that exposes us to different kinds of people. An exposure that requires that we interact and develop relationships with people from different walks of life. So work is not just about money making and self actualization, it is very much about developing virtue, identifying and maintaining personal values and more importantly for a Christian, being known for these values.
Developing, maintaining and being known for certain Christian values takes work. It requires us to do more, to progressively add more to who we are, to be more.
Every member of the Body of Christ is called to play one role or the other. However, according to 2 Peter 1:10, there is a call common to every Christian; the call to be more.
“So then, my brothers and sisters, try even harder to make God’s call and his choice of you a permanent experience; if you do so, you will never abandon your faith.”
2 Peter 1:10 GNB
2 Peter 1:10 admonishes us to work hard at making our acceptance of the call (from God) to be Christians tangible and exemplary, instead of mere words.
It takes personal willingness, desire, commitment and a yielding to the Holy Spirit to do this.
Sometimes, work environment exposes us to very difficult people. People who are ignorant yet arrogant, people who are unstable and yet controlling, people who appear friendly but are as cunning as snakes, people who refute every fresh idea at meetings but who seldom propose one, and probably the most troubling for me are people who profess godliness but deny it’s power to transform them.
I have come to understand that more often than not, difficult people are simply seeking relevance, recognition and respect that they ordinarily don’t deserve.
Question is: how do we deal with these kinds of people, how do we communicate exemplary Christian virtues and values to them, how do we reach, engage and help them become better?
We have to be more, and I tell you, this would require us to put self and it’s passions under control, to sometimes play the fool, to sometimes watch more and speak less, to sometimes ignore and let things slide,….
Whatever coping skill we employ to live at peace with people has to be founded on true Christian love that never fails.
‘More‘ here means to add to something, to make greater, to go over and beyond, a greater extent.
At the base of our Christian belief is faith. Second Peter 1 : 5-7 tells us to be more by layering true Christian virtues on faith…
“For this very reason do your best to add goodness to your faith; to your goodness add knowledge; to your knowledge add self-control; to your self-control add endurance; to your endurance add godliness; to your godliness add Christian affection; and to your Christian affection add love.”
2 Peter 1:5-7 GNB
This scripture suggests a progressive work and walk towards attainment of the exemplary Christian personality. It starts with the foundation of faith, towards a purposeful, intentional and progressive addition of other virtues.
Today, let us live victoriously by being more;….more at work and more everywhere we find ourselves.
Let us be the Christians described in Galatians 5:25
“And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.”
Galatians 5:22-24 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/gal.5.22-24.NKJV
Love Always.
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