Putting the label of “Christian” on to something, what does this mean? One of my favorite Christian films is “Chariots of Fire”, written by Colin Welland. It’s a Christian story made by non-Christians, however it is our story. I loved it when one of the main characters, Eric Liddell, was in a scene with his sister. She is pestering him about how she feels it’s wrong of him to run in the Olympics knowing that God has called him to be a missionary. His response was something like, “I run, because I believe when I do – God smiles on me…” God created him to be fast. And God created him to run as well as to become a missionary, both were in fact true. And his purpose as a runner was not to evangelize, but to be the best runner he could be. God created him with the ability to be able to run fast. By running fast he in fact pleased God. He did what he was created for. And by doing that he testified to the good, all encompassing purpose of the Creator.
As a Christian employee of a hamburger restaurant, when I make a hamburger does it become a “Christian hamburger”? Well obviously not, but when it’s made well and someone else enjoys the burger, because that is what the hamburger was intended for, to be enjoyed. I worked hard, created a delicious hamburger, and that, I believe, glorifies God. As the Bible says, “we are to do all things to the glory of God.” A friend told me of how his grandmother made sweaters, and though she prayed over each one, she knew she was successful when on a cold day, they commented how her sweater kept them warm. It pleased her that it was a great sweater.
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