We need to stop asking if everything is a sin and start asking if it is a seed. I am a firm believer that things plant seeds in our hearts and those seeds will begin to grow eventually. (I will get back to this later).

I often wonder, if Jesus was live in the flesh, attached to our hip would we still do a lot of the things we do. I don’t think we would. If Jesus was attached to you, would you bring Him to the club, twerk, get wasted, or roll up with Him right there? I don’t think so. So why do we do it now? I mean as believers, the Holy Spirit lives within us right, so essentially He really is there right with us as we partake in activities like these. God sits high and looks low, so there is nothing we can do to hide anything from Him. We can keep no secret from God. He knows our thoughts. He sees our hearts.

Don’t let this be you!

As Christians, our lives should bring glory to God. How is going to the club glorifying Him? How is drinking, smoking, and twerkin’ bringing Him any type of glory? It isn’t. You are surrounded by a bunch of unbelievers in the club who could really careless about God and right and wrong, yet you are there. The crazy part about it is that we can’t tell the difference between who the believer is and who the unbeliever is. I often say, if your life looks the same as it did before you were saved then you might not really be saved.

2 Corinthians 5:17 states, “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun” (NLT). When we accept Jesus as Lord of our lives and as Savior, we should not look the same as we did before. We have been made into a new person, so the things we did before should not be the same things we do now.

I also believe that everything we do should have a purpose. Our ultimate purpose as a believers is to please God. Again, how is going to the club pleasing God? I know you aren’t in there ministering to people and trying to save souls. Earlier, I talked about how things plant seeds in our heart. I believe going to the club plants many negative seeds. I believe it plants seeds of lust, greed, sex, discontentment, envy, and many others. Going to the club might seem like just a good time or a way to unwind, but once you leave, you are feeling either the same or worse than you were before. You see people popping bottles that you can’t afford or you see all these women getting the attention you desire and wonder why no one is approaching you and it breeds envy and discontentment. Those seeds are not of God. So why put yourself in that situation.

As a believer, there should be some places we should not go, some movies we will not watch, some music we will not listen to, and some clothes that we will not wear. If not, we look just like the world. We are called to be different, to stand out. No it’s not easy. If it was, everyone would be doing it. But I promise it is worth it!

Be bold. Stand out. We are in this world but not of this world! Let’s start acting like it!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!! I hope these first 5 days have been great and I hope the 360 others will be wonderful as well!!

xoxo
Disa F.