Half Baked

As I walked into the church today, I was expecting a typical day, good worship music, encouraging message, get some lunch and go home. Oh boy was I wrong... I was once again challenged as a Christ follower. The preacher was talking about half-baked Christians, like these half baked cookies, that left bad taste in people's mouth, a bad memory that en grained in their mind for years to come. Maybe bad things that we said, or our poor conducts that made people said, "If that's Christianity, I don't want to be part of it."


A half-baked Christian is someone who acknowledge Jesus as a Savior but not necessarily acknowledge Him as Lord in his/her life. Jesus said, "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?" (Luke 6: 46). Some of us Christians, even those who are involve in ministries in church, are missing the Jesus' authority in our life. It's like we forgot what we heard on Sunday when Monday morning comes and we live our lives our own way. Sometimes we have all the good intentions but we just simply half-baked.
What if Moses only took the Israelites half way to the promised land, what if Joshua only circled the Jericho wall half the time, what if David only hurled the stones half way from Goliath? What if Jesus only walked half way to Calvary?

It's OK, we are all guilty of this at some point in our live. So, let's all of us strive to be a fully baked Christians, like these yummy chocolate chip cookies, bringing pleasant memories to people that we met.
The key is to be intentional, to be more aware about which areas of our lives where we are weak and keep a watch on them. Nothing is automatic, only decay and corrosion is automatic. Reading the word of God daily and apply it daily in our lives will help us tremendously in our walk with Christ. We need to remember that we who professed faith in Jesus Christ, that we are His soldiers, and soldiers listen and obey the commander-in-chief's commands.

And tomorrow is Monday morning, and I brace for the dawn...

"Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.

See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting."
(Psalm 139: 23-24)