Standing Up for Your Rights as a Christian

In this age of protest and broad rights, I find it strange and disheartening that so few stand up for Jesus. 

We have groups standing up for the rights of gays, transgender, abortion, foreigners, and anything else you can think of, but not so much for our Savior.

All this passion for earthly devices can be distracting and leaves little room for devotion to Jesus.

You have to ask yourself: 

What really matters in this world? What is the most important thing to me?

Above all else, beyond the hoopla of the stage, beyond the 15 minute Twitter fame, beyond the thrill of rebellion and the freedom of saying anything you like and acting as if it were wise and noble and progressive, lies the one true reason we all exist, the purpose and meaning of our lives: our relationship with Jesus Christ, which serves to glorify Almighty God.

So why is all this passion being wasted on slogans and jargon, which serve no purpose other than to briefly glorify those sloganeering?

According to the Word of God, all we do should ‘be done as to the Lord’ (Colossians 3:17) and not to men. If therefore our actions are in light of service to the Almighty, what manner of people ought we to be in His sight? Will you stand up for Jesus and honor Him with your works? Will you remember to let your light so shine among men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven? (Matthew 5:16)

Remember that those without sit in darkness. The light you bear when you are near them must shine, or their current darkness may continue unabated.

You are an ambassador of Christ. Live as such. Let His promises of love and hope, peace and joy fill you up until you cannot help but shine! Jesus went about teaching and healing and admonishing. When He went up to heaven, His disciples received the Holy Spirit, and then they too went about teaching and healing and admonishing. It must be so today. The world has changed but its desperate need for the light of Christ has not. And His call and promise on our lives has not changed either.

We are called to ‘come out from among them and be separate’ (2 Corinthians 6:17). This means we do not allow ourselves to be influenced--and thereby corrupted—by the world. Rather, Christians are to be different, devoted to Christ, unmoved by the world.

We are also called to ‘go ye into all the world and preach the gospel unto every creature’ (Mark 16:15). This means we share the light we have been given, spreading the good news of salvation, with teaching and healing and admonishments—signs and wonders (Mark 16:16-20).

 Remember this also: ‘He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, but he who sows bountifully, will reap bountifully’ (2 Corinthians 9:6-10). You will be amazed, if you allow Him to guide you in loving your neighbors, just how rewarding it is to walk with God in the light.

Those who do not know Jesus are not afraid to stand up for what they do believe in. Will you do the same for your savior?

This is how we stand up for Jesus.

May He bless you and strengthen you and keep you always. Amen