Posted By: Ya Girl Renae
Too many of us are worried about what other people are doing and wanting people to see us, and really at the end of the day, it’s about God being seen, not about us. When we decide to walk with Christ, it’s not about who we are, it’s about who God is. And that’s something a lot of people miss. A lot of times we’re too busy trying to show off and be the one and being the first and not seeing that it’s bigger than that. You see it everywhere. People want to be seen. People want recognition.
People want to make sure everybody knows what they’re doing, where they’re going, and how “holy” they are. But the truth is, when you’re really walking with God, the focus isn’t supposed to be on you at all. The focus should be on Him. You go to church for why? Go to church if you just want people to see what you got on and you want to make a scene and you want to act like you’re holier than thou, but raise hell all week long. What is the purpose of that?
That’s something we need to really ask ourselves. Because church is not a fashion show. It’s not a stage for people to perform. It’s not a place where you go so people can see you and think you’re better than them. And yet a lot of people treat it like that. They walk in looking the part, talking the part, acting the part on Sunday… but the rest of the week their life shows something completely different.
That’s not what this walk is about. When you go to church, go to church so that people will see God is really doing something in your life. Be helpful to those who cannot see. Go to learn and go to hear and go to fellowship, but also go to let God be seen and you be less. That’s the real point. When we’re in a relationship with God, we’re less. We die so that God can be visible. That means our ego dies. Our pride dies. Our need for attention dies. Our need to be the center of everything dies.
Because once you truly understand who God is, you realize it was never about you in the first place. It’s about Him working through you. And a lot of y’all don’t understand that when you sign up to be a part of what God got going on, when you go through hard trials and temptation, you go through these things because it is making you stronger as a person.
A lot of people think when they start walking with God that life is suddenly supposed to become easy. That the struggles stop. That the hardships disappear. But that’s not how it works. Sometimes the trials actually get harder. But those trials have a purpose. It is God’s will that no man should perish, but you must understand that when you love God, you must die. And sometimes the struggles that we go through, the hardships we go through, it makes us better people.
It teaches us things we could never learn if everything was easy. It teaches us how to have more perseverance. It teaches us how to be strong. It teaches us how to get through things that once would have broken us. And more than anything, it teaches us how to really have stronger faith.
Because faith isn’t proven when everything is good. Faith is proven when things are hard. So when you see somebody flashy trying to talk about this is what they’re doing, that is what they’re doing, this is their church, this is what they got going on, this is what they’re doing, and they know better, and they’re gonna do this — you have to step back and really look at that. Because when somebody is constantly putting themselves in the front, that’s a sign.
In this walk with Christ, God is supposed to be in the front. And when people are too busy trying to make themselves the center of everything, too busy trying to show everybody what they have and what they’re doing and how important they are, then you have to understand something. If they’re too busy trying to put themselves in the front, then they obviously don’t know who God is.
Because when you really know Him, you don’t need the spotlight. You don’t need the applause. You don’t need everyone watching you. You’re just grateful to be used. You’re grateful that God is working in your life. You’re grateful that He is changing you, growing you, and shaping you into something better than what you used to be. And that’s the message today. A simple reminder. It’s not about us. It’s about God being seen.
