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Words, meaningless; evidence, everything.

I am put on display for people to choose to follow as an example. Because they cannot see You, the Original Design, the Masterpiece, I must be the exact representation of You as a Christian, so that when people need to decide which religion to follow and which god to follow, they would choose You when they see me. I must be more like You. This is my gospel message: myself. I must love them like the way You love them and until and unless I love them, they will never know that You love them. Words are meaningless today. Evidence is everything.
more people can have the same thing
The more people I love, the more people can be copies of You and more people will have the same thing. And there would be plenty of ‘Jesus’s to go around. This is how the gospel is spread: by multiplying You.
they would assume they were the same
The last thing I want to do is to misrepresent You: to make people think that You are like me when I am nothing like You. The World would assume we were the same. I am too different from You.
to maintain the reputation of that brand
For You to tell me this would mean that I have not been maintaining Your reputation. My life is not bringing glory to You. I have failed to represent You. I have brought shame to Your Name. I need to buck up. I need to raise my standards. I need to represent the real You. The standards that I have failed in is not just in my dressing but in my attitude and the way I treat people. I am cold and heartless. Like Paul Washer says, “A 50 dollar haircut, skinny jeans and a t-shirt is not going to represent You.” It is about my heart. My love for people is not even worth as much as a 50 dollar haircut. All they could see was the hair and they could not see the heart. All I would be producing is the haircut, not the heart. I am not promoting the car or the blazer or the haircut. I am promoting Your love, Your heart. That is what they need to see more than the haircut.
there was nothing lacking

What is lacking in my life? There is a lot. But most of all, Your love is lacking. You love should be my outer appearance - written all over my face. Your love should make up my character, my discipline and my integrity. Your love should be all over my words. Your love should be manifested through every action I make. Your love must be seen through the results I produce and the fruits that I bear. Being a Christian is 100% about Your love. The rest are important but the rest must be love.

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