Excited About My Faith!

If you sit in the middle of any football stadium, basketball arena, baseball ballpark, stock car track or ice hockey arena you will quickly observe the excitement (and possibly get caught up in it) of everyone in attendance. And that’s ok, it’s ok to get excited when you attend these type of events. You can get excited and nobody will think of you as a quack. Try the same thing in your local church and you may very well be thrown out. People will look at you and wonder where in the world did you come from? Do you agree?

As Christians we must get excited about our faith. Have you ever watched “Winnie the Pooh?” Do you remember Eeyore and how negative both Winnie and Eeyore were? Many, if not most of those sitting in church pews today are just like that. They say, “oh yes, here we are today. Things are nice.” Picture Eeyore saying this in his pessimistic, negative voice. Yes, this is how way too many Christians worship God. Sad indeed, football ok, baseball ok, basketball ok, hockey ok, but not in church.

In 1 Corinthians 15:58 it says that the work we do for the Lord is not done in vain. What this is saying is that we must get enthusiastic in our faith, enthusiastic in our worship. Why do athletes celebrate so much after someone does something “great?” They have a great amount of enthusiasm for what happened. They believe in themselves, they believe in what they are doing. Do you believe in what you are doing?

If you really believe in what you are doing, if you are really sold out in what you believe, then you need to conduct yourself accordingly. This means telling others about what you believe in. This means being a witness for the One who saved you. 1 Peter 1:3 says that we are to have a lively hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We need to act like we have a lively hope. Before you became a believer in Jesus Christ you had absolutely no hope. Now, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ we do have hope, and not just hope but a lively hope. Can you get excited about your lively hope?

When you let the world know you are a believer and you have this lively hope, I promise you that you will also have persecution. Persecution comes to those who tell the world about the hope that they have. 1 Peter 1:6 tells us that we are to greatly rejoice in times of trouble. Troubles will come. No one who claims hope in Jesus is exempt from troubles. Jesus also tells us that we will have troubles, but He has overcome the world. Where’s your hope? Peter tells us that we are to not only rejoice but to greatly rejoice. What are we to greatly rejoice in? God is our salvation.

Have you tasted the goodness of God? Have you come to the realization that God is good, all the time? Do something about it. Today, tomorrow, let someone know of God’s goodness.
God has chosen you. You are a child of not just a king but the King of all kings. Do you act as such? When was the last time you told someone who has not been adopted into the family of God that they too can be the King’s kid. When someone asks you about the hope you have within you, are you ready to give an answer? We are told to do so. We are not to speak arrogantly or act with haughtiness but rather speak with meekness and fear, gentleness and respect.

Have the same excitement about your salvation as you have in cheering on your favorite sports team. Try showing your excitement in church. A cold in contagious, the flu is contagious, poison ivy is contagious, your excitement in church can also be contagious. Try it, you’ll like it!

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