Faking It

Okay, I'll admit that on the one hand this is pretty funny. I really laughed the first time I saw it and was even, at first, quite skeptical that it was even real. I mean, how old is that little baby anyway? And how much of this preaching has he already seen that he can imitate it so accurately?

On the other hand, it also creeped me out a bit. It reminded me how easy it is, as Christians, to appear like something we are not, and to be able to mimic the right "speech", mannerisms, and actions that might cause others to admire or even want to imitate us, while on the inside there is emptiness and a lack of sincerity. Obviously, I am not saying this baby is insincere, nor making a comment on the adults around him... I am just reflecting on a universal spiritual danger.

Its the biggest trap of all for those who are in vocational ministry. I've seen, and even sensed in myself, the ability to learn what you are supposed to say and how you are supposed to act, and then simply "perform" when the time comes.

Pray then, especially for your leaders, that God might protect us from ever preaching His word or living out our Christian lives without sincerity,vulnerability, and humility. Pray for me, that I might always echo the words of the Apostle Paul:

"For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God." 2 Corinthians 2:17