Full committment

And thus, I remember that I have a blog and decide to write in it. I honestly couldn't come up with a better title, so thus this one is quite lame.

1 Peter 3:15

But sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence.

I see this verse used a lot to defend apologetics. And I totally agree with that. But lately I've felt convicted in another way by this verse.

My temptation is to be less intentional, to not reflect Christ in anything that I do, to just make it through the day because I'm exhausted enough already. To not be friendly, to be engrossed in myself and selfishly pursue my own interests.

But through this I'm not reflecting Jesus in my behavior. I'm not "always" ready to do so. And I find that I run into people everywhere who need Jesus reflected to them and who I have a connection with, where my character matters.

It's definitely not an easy thing to do but it's something that I've realized that I need to work on, in order to truly be effective in being a reflection of Jesus for other people and to truly reach out to the people that need Him.