"Sundays Are Easy"

By: Zach Wood

Ephesians 5:15-16

Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise,

making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

 

 

Lately, I have been thinking how wonderful it is to see my church family and friends on Sundays.  I love to fellowship, catch up with people on their weeks.  It is always fun to laugh, worship and fellowship with my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.  What has been going through my mind a lot lately is how easy being a Christian is on Sundays.  For the most part, it is easy for me to show Christ's love to others.  It is easy to talk about how I am growing and learning in my walk with Him.  I am surrounded by loving, caring and supportive people who share with me in life experiences. 

 

I feel it is easy being a Christian on Sundays, because for me, being a Christian the rest of the week is honestly hard.  I find it very hard to love people at my work place.  I find it very difficult to share my faith with co-workers.  It is hard for me to bite my tongue when I get frustrated with my co-workers.  However, I am finding that God has been putting me in a challenging situation for the past 2 years of my employment.  I am working at a place where people desperately need Jesus Christ!  I find myself praying daily that God would use me to show love and a Christ-like attitude toward others.  I need to be making the most of every opportunity I have to share with others I work with. 

 

How about you?  Are you finding it difficult, as I am, to be a Christian during the work week?  I admire those who have few problems getting along with co-workers and other people outside of work.  I know some people who seem to just have a natural tendency to love.  These people always have a smile on their face and they look for ways to share God's love.  I learn a lot from these people. 

 

We all can learn much from the Apostle Paul.  He speaks in chapter 5 of Ephesians about being imitators of God.  As I just shared, some people find it very natural to be an imitator of God's love to those around them.  However, for many of us, we find it difficult to share Christ's love and struggle daily to be imitators of His love.  We let our human side take control of many situations and we say things we really regret.  Then again, sometimes we do not say things we should have and then regret it.

 

We all need to learn to practice the words this passage begins with, "be very careful how you live".  Why do we need to be careful?  Once again, because of our human side.  We might have Christ in our hearts, but there is a human part of us that takes over sometimes and we get mean.  Yes, we get mean!  We get angry, revengeful and sometimes ignore people we should be sharing Christ with.  When people see this attitude in us, they see a life they do not understand.  I am sure many people think, "If that is what being a Christian is all about, I want no part of it".  To be honest, I do not blame them.  People need to always see Christ shining through us, no matter what.  

 

It is easy to be a Christian on Sunday, but why don't we be a real Christian during the week around people who really need to see Christ through us.