Secret Believers

January 19

Secret believers sometimes receive Christ at great personal cost. In some cultures, to become a Christian means losing ones family and perhaps even losing ones life. The God of creation is greatly glorified in the sacrifices of these secret believers.

But, the unfortunate reality is that many of us who live in free societies where there are no threats imposed upon us for our faith in Christ are virtual ‘secret believers,’ too! We go about our daily lives without a nod to the faith we claim to have. If those who know us casually had to guess, they’d doubt we believe in Jesus.

In John 15:8 Jesus says, “My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be My disciples.” How many of us begin to approximate that? How many of us even entertain the notion of sowing seed and producing fruit for the Kingdom of Christ? How many of us even gather with others of like precious faith to pray for those who do go forth scattering precious seed?

Are we selfish Christians? Do we care only for our own eternal well-being? If that’s what we are, we are falling far short of the Lord’s statement of what it is that truly glorifies our heavenly Father. If we are too absorbed in our day-to-day existence to live like Christ’s disciples, we are much too absorbed in our day-to-day existence.