Day 25

 

A Trip To The Mall

 

"You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self ..."

 

Ephesians 4:22

 

 

The Minister of Music and I had gone to the mall for lunch and to play video games at the arcade. It wasn't exactly a power lunch by 2 young executives, but this was back before everybody had their own game system at home. We were eating at the mall food court with the goal of a quick meal and moving on to play video games. We had just started our lunch when a guy from the church came over and asked us if he could join us.

 

He was a young guy like us and worked as a mall security guard. He was one of those guys who came to church on Easter and Mother's Day but never at any other time. It also became apparent that though he recognized us as people he knew he did not recall where he knew us from.

 

He began to talk about the girls who worked in the mall. His conversation became "R" rated as he began to mention certain attributes of these girls. The Minister of Music and I gave each other wide eyed looks of amusement. Finally the guy got up to leave and go back to work.

 

"By the way," he asked, "where do I know you guys from?"

 

The music guy said, "Church."

 

The dude turned pale and quickly walked away.

 

I had a Seminary professor who always said, "It's not how high you jump, it's what you do when you hit the ground." You can be jumping for Jesus on a Sunday but you better be sure when you hit the ground on Monday morning that you're living the right way. As Christians we should be the same person at work that we are at church. Jesus told us to take up our cross daily, not just on Sundays.

 

Upon Further Review:

 

Read Ephesians 4:20-32

• What are we to put off? (v.22)
• What are we to put on? (v.24)
• What are we created to be like? (v.24)
• What are some of the things Paul lists that we should put off? (v.31)