50% Christian

Making it to work is becoming quite a hustle these days, especially with all the traffic that is clogging our roads. If you make a  mistake of getting to the stage a few minutes late, you will definitely end up stuck in massive traffic. However, it has opened up my mind on a certain area of my Christian life. 

I often admire the nice stickers people have on the rear of their cars that have some wonderful message on them. I'm sure quite a number of us have seen them. But the most interesting thing is that you place this person smack in the middle of traffic and salvation is put aside as this person struggles to make their way through; overlapping, honking their horn loudly, shouting some obscenities I cannot bring myself to quote here... yes, salvation takes a back seat and this guy just has to get his way.

That is where we fail as Christians, we are so quick to put Christianity aside when we know that there is another simpler way of getting things done for us.

Have you been in a matatu and the conductor gives you more change than is supposed to, or he does not ask you for your fare at all? How many of us would start thanking God for a miracle of a little extra cash in our pockets? Did you give that annoying policeman "a cup of tea" when he found you overlapping while in traffic? Did you give "kitu kidogo" to get the job you have now?

So many times we put aside the ways of Christianity when we really do not want to get in trouble or need a favor done for us and we assume that it has no effect on our lives. Well guess what, it starts with a bit and ends up as a habit, and eventually it becomes your character.

Another group of Christians are only Christians when they are around people, just so that they can know you are a Christian. How wrong we are... Christianity is to honor and bring glory to God. His intention for creating us is that His people, individually and in communion, remain pure and bring praises to Him. It does not matter whether I am shouting at the top of my voice or sitting quietly, the world has got to know who I am and they have to realize that I am a Christian; Iv got to praise Him in all I do.

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about such things. -Philippians 4:8

Paul puts it very plain and simple, he does not say that it has to be in public or private, not at convenient times, not when it favors; it has got to be always, plain and simple. 

But remember this, we are as imperfect as it gets, our righteousness is likened to filthy rags and there is no way we can match up to Christ. Jesus is not only perfect man but unique Messiah and Savior, the only sacrifice for sin. He is the only route we can take to attain salvation since He made the perfect sacrifice when He died on the cross. He is the only way we can remain 100% Christian. 

Let us remain in Him and let us walk the talk.