My Emphasis
The life of a man is seen through his action. A Christian by mouth isn’t a Christian at all. Until your action backs what comes out of your mouth, this is the only way people will know your true identity in Christ. Many of us have a proud heart. There is no trace of humility in us. You’re not a Christian until you’re proven. Whenever somebody offends you, that’s when people will know whether you’re a Christian or not. Many of us still wear the old garment of self-centeredness. We still wear the garment of pride. We even find it hard to say sorry whenever we offend somebody. If you find it hard to say sorry when you offend somebody, what then will you do if somebody offends you? All hell will break loose!
The Bible says in the Book of Isaiah 57:15 and Isaiah 66:1-2, “For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.” Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? For all those things My hand has made, and all those things exist,” says the Lord. "But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at My word.”” The heart of a man is the life of a man. Whatever lives in it shapes up his entire being. As a Christian, if humility cannot be found in your heart, then you’re not who you confess you are.
Whenever some of us speak, we speak as if we’re the ones that own the life of another person. The Almighty God Himself, who owns all things, still knows how to frame His Word. If He decides to speak because of who He is, nobody will arrest Him. Yet, humility is found in His Word. He is a true Father indeed. The Bible says again in the Book of 1 Samuel 2:3, “Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, for the Lord is the God of knowledge; and by Him, actions are weighed.” The word that comes out of our mouth is spirit. It can impact somebody’s life for good or evil. The kind of word that comes out of many Christians is disaster. You may offend somebody through the word you speak from your mouth and say sorry. That person may never forget it even if your apology is accepted.
There is no amount of preaching that one may preach if the heart of the hearer isn’t prepared for it. Many Christians have a stony heart. That’s why they attend church service, listen to the preaching, and their lives remain the same. Those who have humble heart breaks down in tears when the truth is preached. Whenever the word of holiness enters their heart, they feel like a convicted criminal. Their heart becomes sorrowful. The Bible says in the Book of 2 Corinthians 7:10 that “Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.” And finally, Micah 6:8 says, “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” I pray for you today that Jesus Christ will give you His kind of heart so that your service in Him will not be a waste in Jesus' name. Amen! May the Lord give you the grace to walk with Him in Jesus' name.
