You Must Shine in this Dark World

I have a book in my library entitled, Delivering Knock Your Socks Off Service, by Ron Zemke and Kristin Anderson. The first rule for achieving outstanding service is called, “The Only Unbreakable Rule: To the Customer, You Are the Company.”

They went on to explain, “Customers don’t distinguish between you and the company you work for. Nor should they. To your customer’s way of thinking, you are the company. Customers don’t know how things get done behind doors marked EMPLOYEES ONLY. They don’t know your areas of responsibility, your job description, or what you personally can and cannot do for them. And they don’t care. To customers, those things are your business, not theirs.”

It really isn’t much different for Christians. The world should see Jesus and His church in us. They should see our love and good works (Eph. 2:10). They should see we are Christians by our love (John 13:35). They should see our treatment and concern of people in this world and know our motivation (Gal. 6:1,2,9,10). They should see our lights shining brightly for Christ (Matt. 5:16). They should see that we are not just saying with our mouths that we are Christians but that we living a life representative of Christ and His church.

Of course we must point out that we are not trying to draw men to ourselves. “For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake” (2 Cor. 4:5). The glory belongs to Christ. By our lives of service to others and faithfulness to God, we can help others to know what it means to be a Christian. It may be that someone is interested in knowing more about Christ and His church and because of our actions; they may ask us for help. What story are you telling by your actions?