I was talking with my friend Sam late one night, and one of the things mentioned was the fact that among many in the holiness movement there seems to be an avoidance of anything that looks professional. They want it good, but not too good, for fear that it might seem worldly. While I agree that you need to be careful in making sure that all due glory is given to God, I must question the validity of their argument.
Shouldn't it be that as Christians we of all people should be the most professional, for ours is the most important profession of all?
If you sing, sing to the best of your capabilities, which might mean going to college to get a degree.
If you are gifted an any way, whether musically, artistically, socially, etc; then to not develop the gift as far as you can for the Lord would be a waste, a rejection of God's blessing.
While it's true that we shouldn't base our opinion of someone solely on what we see on the outside, as humans we can't help but be discriminatory of what we see and observe.
Man looks on the outside, and what he can determine with his physical senses-and since we are human, it is natural for us to judge based on what is visible to us.
Therefore, in anything we do, and especially when we present the gospel, let's do it to the glory of God, and to the best of our strength.
Now where did I put that shoe shine kit?
Ike
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