If it looks like a duck

I have always heard if it looks like a duck and it walks like a duck it must be a duck. Sounds simple. But what if you hear the duck bark like a dog? How would that affect your decision of the duck being a duck? Of course we know that dogs bark like dogs and ducks quack. Can you tell I have been hanging out with my 2 year old?

However, this is a real world scenario. There are those of us within the christian church who have really confused the world. The single greatest cause of atheism in the world are Christian's who acknowledge Jesus with their lips but deny Him by their life style. We have all known friends or maybe ourselves who act like the crowd that we are hanging with. Oh we claim to be his at church and to our church friends but when we really could represent him we fail. Why? We are scared? We don't realize he is counting on us? What are we afraid of?

God is calling us out. Daring us to be different than the world we see around us. I want the church to look like Christ, speak like Christ and most importantly love like Christ. I truly believe at that point the world will be changed.

Dear God make it so.