Today Isn't Monday

Hello Emmanuel,

This is another edition of the Monday Morning Pulpit (MMP).  Today, however, is not Monday.  Nor did I think about writing this on Monday.  Nor did I remember that I forgot on Monday.  Indeed, nothing about Monday is included in this edition of the MMP (except the title… which is incredibly misleading).

This leads me to the theme for today (which isn’t a Monday).  What label would you give yourself and do you live up to that label?  I’m not talking about labels that other people give you.  Often times those labels are wrong or misleading (like saying you are a ‘Monday person’ when you are really a ‘Tuesday person’).  I’m asking if you authentically live out who you say you are. 

For example, I call myself a Christian.  That means that I am a follower of Christ.  It doesn’t mean I’m a saint or divine or morally exemplary.  It means I learn about what Jesus says and try to live accordingly (by the way, it also means that I don’t live according to what other people say that Jesus said…. Be it on Monday or any other day.  I always try to find out for sure what Jesus said and go with that.  We don’t need to add any more words.  He got it right the first time).

So who do you say you are?  If we can get a big group of people together who say they are Christian and try to learn about Jesus and live accordingly (without adding any unnecessary rules), then we might get a really good thing going.  There is, in fact, a name for it:  Church.  And Church can meet on any day (including Mondays) and learn more about how to live the way Jesus says to live.  It can be fulfilling, purposeful and lots of friends can be made in the meantime. 

So who do you say you are?  And is it the same person on Monday as it is on Sunday?  What about Thursday?  I invite you to be a follower of Christ every day of the week…. Even if you forget what day of the week it is today….. and today isn’t Monday.

Love God

Love your neighbor as yourself

Try really hard not to be a hypocrite..

…Then go in grace….

See you next Monday, I hope

God is Good,

Pastor Joe