What do our lives say about us? When people look at us, or talk with us, what do they take away? Are we a reflection of what the world expects to see, or are we a reflection of our faith? If we admit it to ourselves, those questions can make us uncomfortable. We do not want to admit that our relationship with God is not paramount in our lives. Even as we desire to present the light of our savior to the people around us, we often fall short.

The world should see our commitment to God in our actions every day. The people we encounter should see us helping our neighbors, taking the extra time necessary to be patient and showing that we care.

Yes, the world is in a hurry. It seems that as technology continues to advance, our lives become more complications and we move faster and faster to try and juggle the balls in our lives and keep things from falling through the cracks. But that is us adapting to the world, not embracing our faith. Somehow, we have concluded that if we don’t answer our cell phone, reply to a text immediately, answer an email swiftly, that the world will fall apart and the only choice we will have left is to pick up the pieces. That also goes from the other end of our conversations as well. “Why haven’t they returned my call?” “They should have texted me by now.” “Where is the answer to my email?” “Yes, my friend, we are standing here having a conversation, but I have to take this call.” We forget that it used to take weeks to send a letter across the country. Now, everything seems so immediate and time sensitive, as if everyone in the world needs to live by our schedule. Jesus didn’t have a cell phone. We seldom see him in a hurry. Even when Lazarus was sick, he waited.

“As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.” Proverbs 27:19 (NIV) Too many of us have hearts that reflect the worlds around us rather than hearts that reflect the light of our savior. We can’t even seem to go to worship without having our cell phones on us. Let us all take a pause in our lives to reflect Christ in our everyday affairs by helping that person with their car, or reaching for that jar that is just out of someone’s grasp in the grocery store, or holding a door open for someone just because we happen to be there. There are so many ways to reflect our faith to the world around us if we will just pause and pay attention.