Choose daily that God is your boss. When we commit our lives to Christ, we are saying that we have a new master, we chose Jesus as the Lord of our life. In our world, those words are hard to connect with. Whenever I teach kids, the easiest way to describe Lord and Master is to talk about a boss. God is our new boss. There are some things our new boss requires. He wants our full commitment. He desires that we show up every day to communicate with Him, and receive his notes for fresh directions for the day. We wear His company name as a Christian, so we should represent Him to the best of our ability. We are truthful, we are full of integrity. We are believers who believe. When we are reconciled to God, we are set on a new path, and our life should be distinctly different from the world. We shouldn’t look odd, but our actions should look unusual in our world. We don’t measure ourselves against others, because our standard is the Word of God. We don’t think, “well at least I’m not as bad as someone else”, or “everyone else is doing it so it’s ok”. Our standard is God’s standard. Thankfully, even though we aren’t flawless or perfect, we are forgiven. We have 1 John 1:9 to draw on when we do sin and miss the mark. Using that verse should become less frequent instead of more frequent! God’s grace gives room for our humanity, but also calls us higher. Our heart should be so connected with God that we wouldn’t ever want to disappoint our new boss. We are God pleasers. We say yes to Him today, tomorrow, and forever.
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