Keep it Real (Urban Dictionary)
Definition: to not inhibit yourself or pretend to be something you are not. (One of many definitions on this page)
Jesus must have been a realist.
How else do you explain His words and ways? He used parables to bring the point home. He compared and contrasted what people have heard or what is written to how it really should be with God’s people. He kept it real for real.
Jesus didn’t sugar coat or water down His message. He had to be a realist. Even while on trial after being arrested, he let Pilate know that no earthly authority compelled Him to do anything that was not in His Father’s will. Obviously, Brother Pilate was not informed of how Jesus blew the detachment of soldiers away by simply saying: “I am he.” Jesus demonstrated His power with that I am.
He was real.
Can we be a little more like Jesus? Seriously. If we are truly going to be followers of Christ, let’s start by following in His footsteps. Let’s do like He did and do as He would do. We have too many euphemisms and schisms to be like Jesus. We need to drop some of that stuff that hinders us from going beyond our limited scope. We need to get real with ourselves and stop faking and fronting. That keeps us from masking our pain, guilt and uneasiness beneath our Sunday’s best and all of that.
We don’t have to fake it. We don’t have to front. We can simply look at the Lord’s example and do our best to keep things as real as can be. From there, the world we see that we are not super sanctified or ultra holy. They’ll see us for what we are. They’ll see us as people who catch hell just like the rest of the world, but they’ll see that we are simply keeping it real and keeping the faith.
That’s real talk.
FYI: Here’s the link to that Keep It real t-shirt, too!
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