Tue Devo Colossians 4:5

Colossians 4:5

"Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity."

People outside the church are always alert to Christians who claim to be one thing and then act like another. Paul calls them outsiders because they are outside Christ trying to look to see if they are missing something. As you can see in the verses above and below Paul would love for them to become insiders. But with many people they will never become insiders when we act unkindly toward them. My daughter works in a Christian Book Store and almost every week she has a story about someone in the store who are rude, impatient, and unkind toward the staff working there. She thought working in a Christian store and mainly dealing with Christian people would be such a good environment. How sad that we treat each other that way. And if we treat each other that way as Christians I don't even want to imagine how we treat people outside the faith. So when you are in restraunts, stores, classrooms, sports events, etc., lets take every opportunity to be wise in the way we ack towards others. Maybe you won't be the one who leads them to Christ but the actions you display may open their hearts so that later others can lead them to Christ.

Thanks
Mike