Something that I’ve been learning a lot about recently is living loudly. No, I’m not talking about your little brother. But I’m sure we all know at least one person who IS loud in that way. And maybe it isn’t such a bad thing – maybe it’s just misguided. Okay, maybe I’m sounding a little weird but let me explain: We all have a desire to be heard to an extent - how and why we go about that is what makes the difference
THE WHY: This is the easy part. In living a Christian life, we should want to be heard because we want others to know Jesus. It’s that simple; if we have the opportunity to be heard and don’t speak about Jesus, we’re just like everyone else. It can be hard to speak about Jesus, though, when we’re in the way. What I mean is that I too often want to talk about me rather than talking about the one who made me. Rather than saying, ‘this is what I am,’ I should be introducing people to the one I want to be like.
THE HOW: So how exactly do we go about living loudly? I was talking to a friend the other day who didn’t know what to think because someone at school was under the impression that my friend didn’t believe in God at all. My friend assured me that they’re trying to live a godly life; but lets be honest, we ALL try. But to what extent? Then they told me they’re doing it – they’re doing what they should. ‘Doing’ is when people stop questioning whether we know God; ’being’ is when their lives start being changed because of it. We live loudly by being what we should be, and NOT trying to hide it.
The thing is that anyone can be loud, a guitarist can be loud by strumming as hard as he can; but not everyone can live loudly. It takes a guitarist who knowshow to play to play something with a meaning or purpose. In the same way, Christians should know how to live loudly for the purpose of telling others about Jesus.
Raising the volume,
Zack
