Lights, Camera, Action!

“Actions speak louder than words”. We have heard or said this phrase many times throughout our lifetime. Most of us find it hard to believe the words someone says if their behavior isn’t consistent. It’s difficult to have a relationship with someone that can’t articulate their words into action towards us. Love is an action word that we frequently hear but rarely see.

A wedding ring is just an outward expression of an inward commitment. The ring the person wears doesn’t make someone married, just as sitting in a cockpit doesn’t make them a pilot. The symbols of the commitment are useless if there is no evidence of the commitment in their behavior. How many times have we been in a relationship with someone or something that we have not wholly devoted ourselves to just so we could have the title? There is more to a relationship than titles, the commitment you have must start in your heart. Every word you utter without action to back it up is empty and lifeless. You can’t fill the atmosphere with words if there is no action to support it. Would you allow someone to profess love for you without having a lifestyle that reflects the words they are saying?

When the truth about someone gets exposed, it’s time to either put up or shut up! We want them to either show us what they mean or to stop speaking those things. There is an ultimatum given, a line drawn in the sand. In marriage, we want our spouses to respect us and lay their wills down for the betterment of our relationship with them. Real love is a sacrifice for what one person wants for the sake of a greater good: the survival of your relationship! But why do put this demand on others but not place it on ourselves?

We ask God to meet our expectations while we have an empty display of love for Him. The only change we are willing to make is sitting in a pew 52 days each year but want all the benefits of an authentic relationship with God. Seeing someone 52 times per year is not a reflection of an intimate relationship, it’s an acquaintance. Surely, you wouldn’t expect for your husband to shower a virtual stranger with the same love he gives his wife. There are certain privileges that go along with living a life totally surrendered to God, but it also comes along with responsibility.

If the only evidence of your love is your attendance at corporate worship, you’re fooling yourself into believing that you’ve surrendered your life to God. Someone that meets you on a Friday night should run into the same person they would see Sunday morning, if not you’re living a lie. What you invest in your relationship with God is what you get out of it. When He exposes your heart to you, you have to make the necessary adjustments to show how much you love Him.

If you knew something you were doing was breaking your husband’s heart, would you continue to do it?

There has to be a greater weight placed on our ability to live what we speak otherwise we are headed straight to hell with a vocabulary full of fluffy words. Put a demand on yourself to give Him more of you each and every day, to draw closer to Him. The words you speak should be a reflection of what you’re living, not a contradiction.

God deserves more! The life you lead is much louder than the words you speak! After all, actions do speak louder than words.

With All My Love,
Mrs. Truscott