Part Time Faith 

   It seems to me that far too many who call themselves Christians never show it except on Sunday.  They get up on Sunday morning, get dressed and go to church.  When it’s over they go home and hang up their Christianity like they would a suit.  They’ll pull it out again next Sunday, but the rest on the week belongs to them, to live as they choose.

   But Jesus wasn’t the Messiah just on Sundays; He didn’t live His live as if God was unimportant for the rest of the week.  He came to do the will of the Father, not just occasionally but every minute of every day.

   Christianity is not a Sunday thing, like football or family picnics and such.  It is a way of life that must affect every part of one’s live.  Jesus said, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me.” (Matt 16: 24).  He meant that we must pick up our cross and follow every day of our life, not just on Sunday.

   Believe in God and Christianity is on the wane.  More and more people are listing “none” as their religious preference.  Perhaps one of the reasons is that they consider Christians to be hypocrites; people who live one way on Sunday and whatever way they choose every other day.  If we want to see a renewal of faith, if we want to evangelize, our Christianity must be on display every day, everywhere we go, and in everything we do.