Live Out Loud

I went to a meeting tonight. Once of the presenters was speaking about his life lived in Christ. He said that he used to be noun of a Christian, and that now he was a Christan as a verb. (Sound familiar, Steve?). He then continued that not only was he a verb, but that he also verbalized his Christianity.

I like that. He shows his Christianity through what he says and what he does. He's a verbalizing verb.

Paul spoke about the Christians in Thessalonica. He said:

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak about it. (1:6-8)

There was no need to speak about their faith because they were verbalizing verbs. They spoke of their faith, and lived their faith.

There is a song by Steven Curtis Chapman called Live Out Loud. Part of the lyrics are:

Think about this
Try to keep a bird from singing after
it's soared up in the sky
Give the sun a cloudless day and tell
it not to shine

Think about this
If we really have been given the gift
of life that will never end
And if we have been filled with living
hope, we're gonna overflow
And if God's love is burning in our
hearts, we're gonna glow
There's just no way to keep it in

If we were really convinced of our faith, could we help but be verbalizing verbs? Would there be any way of keeping it in?

Live out Loud.