Crazy Folks

Crazy Folks

Galatians 3:3
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

Some folks are just crazy! Being raised in the church as the son of a pastor taught me many things. I have observed a lot and learned a lot. But the one thing I feel I have learned more than anything is, there are some crazy people in church! Folks that profess Christianity, but act just as crazy as the sinner man sometimes. What am I talking about you may ask? Well, I'm talking about people that try to use the church as a platform to overcome their insecurities.

You know, the people that come to church and shout the whole aisle, make all kinds of rain forest sounds during the service, get up and testify about how good they are, and then go right outside and curse you out over a parking space! I always wondered how they could be so spiritual in church and then get to their job and no body is influenced by them or even respects their so called Christianity! I often wondered why people would try so hard to appear to be something in church that they are not at home.

When you feel like you are better than others, then you automatically have to act this way. You see, insecurity in the church has caused people to pretend to be things they are not. It's hard to fake being rich, because the car you drive and the home you live in will tell the true story. It's hard to fake being smart, because if a person talks to you long enough, they will know how smart you are. It's impossible to fake good looks, because folks can see the truth on your face. But, when it comes to the things of the spirit, it's easy to fake them when you are in a "religious" setting because all you have to do there is practice the church "traditions" and you will appear righteous.

Some shallow Christians feel like when you speak in tongues, wear certain clothes, let your hair get nappy, and allow your face and lips to ash over, it means that you are saved and sanctified. And many churches and pastors entertain these notions and allow it to go on in the body of Christ, so people begin to act out their Christianity instead of living it. But the sad thing is that this totally cuts out God's power to perfect you and make you what you should be!

When you practice foolishness and craziness to appear like you are something, then you don't need God to make you something. When you use the church as a platform to boost yourself then God does nothing for you. When you want to win favor of men, look better than you really look, and make people think that you are something that you are not, then you delete God and accept the responsibility of making your own way. God has no part in this foolishness.

And really spiritual people can see right through you anyway. The beauty of serving the true and living God is the power he has to take nothing and make something out of it. Don't take that away from him! That's God's job. You can't do it by faking it. You will never receive what God really has for you if you pretend you already have it when you don't. God wants the glory out of your life and he wants it to be genuine. If you are his, then he will show through you and you won't have to pretend anymore. Then people around you will want what you have and you will then be an asset to the kingdom instead of dead weight!

Suggested Reading: Matt. 6:1, Mark 7:9, Phil. 3:12, 1Pet. 5:10