Jesus With Skin On...

The Bible teaches us to live our lives to the glory of the Lord and to be Christ with skin on. There are so many “Sunday” or “Holiday” Christians who have the ability to talk the talk however fall flat on their faces when it comes to walking the walk.

I heard on the radio this morning a new Christian talking about how she had thought once she gave her life to Christ it would be an easy transition. She did not count on her flesh rising up and becoming a stumbling block on her journey to become Christ with skin on. She never expected that becoming a Christian would be so hard. For those who do not know the Lord or are “Sunday” Christians, you will not fully grasp the struggles that a true Christian faces from day to day. You must be a shining light that beckons the saved and unsaved alike. Your every action is scrutinized by the unsaved and dissected as they try to determine if you are sincere in your belief or if your belief is some sort of cult. Your every action is also watched by other believers – some waiting to rejoice with you or help lift you back to your feet; some waiting to judge you and stomp you harder into the mud and muck of sin.

Being a single mom is difficult – being a single Christian mom is torture at times. The looks of judgment, the whispers behind fans, the constant eyes staring at you waiting for your next misstep; the smug looks as they sit in their pews in their Sunday best, the judgment they have brought down upon your shoulders shining from their eyes. They try to break you with their condemning looks and plastic smiles. There are also the true Christians who enfold you in their love and acceptance. They do not sit in the pews in their Sunday best and their noses firmly pressed in their Bibles. They are the ones who offer loving embraces and issue dinner invitations; they offer warm smiles and helping hands. The light of Christ is shining so brightly from within them that they are a refuge in the darkness. It is to those Christians that I try to model my life.

The new Christian that I heard on the radio was fumbling around in the darkness of the world searching for the light of Christians willing to lift her up and guide her in her new life as she walks with Christ. It is the Christians who truly strive to be Christ with skin on that all are drawn to just like Christ drew the crowds to him when he walked this Earth as Jesus.