Sacred or Secular?

 

By Andrea Merrell

For in Him we live and move and have our being.

Acts 17:28 NKJV

When questioned about an uncomfortable (and slightly suspicious) situation, the boss made it clear to his employees that his personal life had nothing to do with his work life, and neither had anything to do with his church life. They were separate entities, and that’s the way they would remain.

In essence, he was saying the sacred had nothing to do with the secular. He would continue to conduct business in the way he saw fit, live his personal life however he wanted, and put on his holy hat once a week for church.

Not a good way to live. In fact, as a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), how can we possibly separate the different parts of our life? When we think, speak, and react differently in certain situations, we create a façade and live a life of pretense.

The Bible says, For in Him we live and move and have our being. This is what it means to be in Christ. One writer says believers should never be compartmentalized into what is secular and what is sacred.

Jesus came to set us free to be our true self—the person He created us to be. As a child of God, our attitudes and behavior should not change from one situation to another. 

Walking in fellowship with the Lord is not something we do on Sunday or just when it’s convenient or popular. It’s who we are—a matter of what you see is what you get—all the time.

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