When No One Is Watching

Pastor Janet Peterson
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Penang, Malaysia
PRINCIPLES OF FAITH

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Philippians 2:12 reads "Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence,........" 

Now, that's a description of 'Authentic Christianity'. 

BELOVED, THIS IS THE REAL DEAL HERE. 

Paul is simply saying says, "You are obeying the Lord whether I'm there to look at you and see you or not." Oh, I'm sure that they then would have liked to impress their spiritual leader. Look, we like them also like to impress men and women of God we esteem highly.... 

But listen here Paul exhorts us here, "It doesn't matter if I'm there or not. One way or the other, you continue to do what God tells you to do."

You know, that's the real test of how much you and I love Jesus; what you and I would do when there's no one there to see you EXCEPT JESUS. We're always on our best Bible behaviour when the pastor's around, or when our Christian friends are around, or any Christian prophet, evangelist, or apostle we want to impress favourably. That shows how important those people are to you BUT it doesn't tell you too much about how important Jesus is to you.

The way to find out how important HE is to you is the way you act when HE's the only one watching. 

Are you into HIS Word when there's no one there to impress? Are you on your knees when there's no one there watching? Are you sexually pure when no one will probably know what you've done except Jesus? Are you unselfish? Are you loving with the people around you when there's no one around that will know possibly? 

Do you watch, do you listen to, do you do things that you wouldn't ever do if you had other people's eyes on you? Well, Jesus is looking. Jesus is watching. He knows. He's there.....one day you and I will be accountable to HIM and HIM alone!...TAKE HEED beloved!

Does your family see the same Christian that the church does? Do your co-workers, your clients, your customers, your fellow students, your team-mates? Take a good, honest look at the private you. Are you faithful to Jesus when there is no one there to impress? Beloved, that's the real you!

The way you live when there's no one watching is the way you can tell how much you really love your Jesus......