Being all out for Christ

Written by Tom Smith.

“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light" (NIV) Ephesians 5:8

One controversy in professional sports today is the matter of prayer on the field. Sometimes after a big play or a victory, a player will drop to his knees and thank God. Some people object to this practice. One newspaper writer suggested that the playing fields should be off-limits to such religious practices. He said that anything having to do with God should be confined to the church. To him, it's "absolutely ridiculous" for people to talk to God anywhere else.

As Christians, we would disagree with this kind of thinking. But we sometimes give the impression by our behaviour that we believe it. We set Sundays aside to worship and serve God but act as if the rest of the week is ours to do with as we please.

For Christians, however, living for God is a 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week proposition. Notice Paul's teaching in Ephesians 5. When he talked about walking "as children of light" (v.8), he wasn't referring only to the way we behave in church on Sundays. When we have put on Christ in baptism, we will exemplify compassion, kindness, humility, forgiveness, thankfulness, and love all the time, as well as taking a stand against all kinds of wrong.

Being all-out for Christ means living for Him at all times and in all places. The Christian life is not for Sunday only. It's a day-to-day, all-the-time way of life-even on the playing field. Do others know from how we act at home, at work and play, that we have Jesus in our heart and live for Him each day?

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