Unnatural Revealings

     I went to lunch with one my close friends this week. As we were talking, he was saying how his spiritual life has been thriving when he is reading and in contact with The Lord at home, but it fails to reveal itself when he is out and about in public. He says that he does not know why he can't just apply what he is learning about in his social life. After all of our conversing, he settled that he would just be patient, though nothing is happening.

     Then Friday came.

     As he was at school, he walked past a mutual friend that we have who is also a believer. As he walked past, he heard that friend of ours use a swear word in a sentence. As our friend said that, he was reprimanded by a non-believing acquaintance who said, "You're a Christian, you're not allowed to use swear words like that. You're supposed to be better than the rest of us (the non-believing)." As those words came out, my friend went up to the conflict and immediately spat out, "It is by grace with faith that you have been saved, not by deeds, so that none may boast. Though my friend here represents his salvation with his words, he was not given salvation because of his words. Nothing he has done has granted him salvation, but the grace and mercy of God."

     He stood there after saying that in disbelief. He came up to me and told what had happened, and that he had no idea that he was capable of saying that so fluently. He used the words, "It was as if the Holy Spirit put my vocal chords on hold and took over for me with no hesitation." Give Him time while trusting in His time, and He will work through you.