What I really meant to say was …

Many fat people don’t want to be fat, they’re just too lazy to consistently do what it takes to be fit.

Most of us are that way with our words. We use words and terminology that don’t quite properly represent what we mean, we’re just too lazy to figure out the right words.

For example, we often hear Christians talk about how God wants to “be a part” of our lives.

Nonsense.

God no more wants just a sliver of you than a chocoholic wants a single Hershey’s Kiss. God wants your entire life — every aspect and ounce of it — surrendered entirely to Him. That way, we get to be a “part” of His life!

God doesn’t want us to “take time” for Him. No matter where we are or what we’re doing, God is already there. So it’s not that 10 minutes with the Bible early in the morning that we call our “God time” that He desires. Instead, He wants to be welcomed into every moment of every hour of every day of your life. God wants you to make life a communing experience with Him, a constancy of journeying through life with Him.

The church isn’t a community, but we call it one and treat it like it is one. God says it’s His family, Christ says it’s His bride and His body. But many keep calling it a community, anyway.

We call the moments we give God our “quiet time” but rarely is it a time when we are actually quiet, listening to Him. Our mind is loud with reading and prayer. That isn’t being quiet.

We talk about “inviting Jesus into your heart” or into our lives. Again, Jesus isn’t seeking space in a vital body organ. It’s all of you, or none of you.

When we’re feeling especially holy, we may ask some poor sinner if they have “found God.” But we don’t find God, He seeks us. He pursues us. He reveals Himself to us. He calls us. He extends Himself to us. Most aren’t looking for Him, but He pursues us anyway. Because He loves us.

We say we attend a “Bible-believing church.” Really? Because to believe means to apply.

Sometimes we say “I love to worship” but we really mean “I love to sing.” We get irritated when the one hour and fifteen minute church service is drawn out to one hour and 30 minutes, but we “love to worship.” That’s why karaoke is still so popular, and true worship isn’t.

You see we say a lot of things, some we mean, some we don’t.

Imagine your life with God if your words matched their meaning. What would that look like?

“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer,” Psalm 19:14.

Scotty