“It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you.” Galatians 4:18. Paul said that it was fine, it was good to be zealous if the purpose was good. There is not a better purpose than that of living for Christ. For such a purpose we should be zealous, we should be passionate about it, and not just when others are looking. At some point, I would guess every Christian has done something, good or bad, because they knew someone was watching. We need to choose to live for Christ both in private and public life because God sees them both. We do not clock in and clock out of being God’s Child each day, so every move we make needs to have the ultimate goal of giving God glory. In public life we need to make sure that we serve God instead of giving into negative peer pressure. In private life we need to be sincere in our service, in our study and in our prayer. We cannot be like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. We have to be the same publicly and privately. We need to live as God would have us to. We should desire to give Him glory, we should desire to praise Him, to thank Him, and to share His Word with others so that they too may get saved. We have a job to do, and we are on call 24/7. It isn’t just when you feel like being God’s Child, we are His Children in Christ. We do not stop being His Child because we are tired, we have to endure. We have to run the good race and fight the good fight. We have to serve God both at home and abroad, and we have to serve Him with zeal. God Bless!
