It is easy to say the right things about God. We can sing the songs, use the language of faith, and tell others what we believe, all while leaving our daily choices untouched. In Sunday morning’s lesson, Jeff Trahan pressed on that gap between what we profess and how we actually live, and he called us to close it.
Saying the Right Things Is Not the Same as Following
Jesus warned that not everyone who calls Him Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of the Father. Those are sobering words, because they tell us that a confession of faith can be sincere on our lips and still be empty in our lives. Profession is the easy part. It costs nothing to agree that God is good and that Jesus is Lord. Submission is where the weight falls, because it asks us to hand over the parts of our lives we would rather keep for ourselves.
What Real Submission Looks Like
Submission is not a feeling we wait on. It is a decision we make, again and again, to let God have the final say. It shows up in how we spend our money, how we treat people who cannot help us, how we respond when obeying is inconvenient, and what we do when no one is watching. A life that truly belongs to God is one where His word settles the question, even when our own preferences pull the other way.
A Faith That Shows Up in How We Live
The danger is not that we will stop believing. It is that we will keep believing while quietly refusing to obey, and never notice the distance growing between the two. The invitation this week is a simple and searching one. Let your life catch up to your words. Where God has already made His will plain, start there, and let obedience, not just agreement, be the proof of what you say you believe.