Is it cleaner on the inside or the outside? Sometimes we as followers tend to get tunnel vision about how things appear on the outside. Maybe preoccupied is the right word. We worry about looking good. Looking holy. Looking happy. What a crock. Many of us have been guilty of making sure our appearance is pristine, but neglected to clean the "inside" of our cup. We say and do the right things, but our heart is black, or at the very least, grey. This amounts to placing us in the same category as used car salesmen. I have a friend who used to say, if you make a car shiny, no matter how bad it runs, someone will buy it. I think at times we hope the same for our faith.
What people really need is to see that the inside of the cup is different, not just the outside. If we are transparent and allow people to see our hearts, and they are "clean", people will be drawn to Christ. They want to know that God really makes a difference that is more than superficial. For the most part real people don't care about appearance, language, style, etc., as much as we think they do. They care about being loved and accepted, people having compassion, people serving each other. As Karl has pointed out, he is drawn to Christians who do stuff, not ones who just talk pretty(my Paraphrase). Which are you? Which am I?
Peace,
K
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