DWYSYWD

These letters stand for "Do What You Said You Would Do".  I heard them spoken at a leadership luncheon that was hosted by U of S.  It makes good sense: if you say you are going to do something then there is a responsibility that goes along with that, a responsibility that I can sometimes forget.  When I went for my run this morning I was thinking about Jesus and the thought that went through my mind was "if Jesus didn't do what He said He would do what would that mean?" My answer was that if Jesus didn't really do what He said He would do, He would not only not be a good leader, but He really wouldn't be who He said He was at all!  We wouldn't be able to trust Him because His actions would contradict His words.
For us this is important as well.  Consider the words in James 2:  "Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my fiath by what I do."  Powerful statement!  Jesus isn't really Jesus if His actions don't line up with His words; if I say I am saved and have faith but I'm not showing the deeds that flow from that faith then what does that mean for me?
There are two lines of thought here:  the first is that we can fall into the trap of thinking that our actions are what is the foundation of our faith.  This is not true.  The foundation of our faith is in the completed work of Jesus (His actions lined up with His words).  However, the second thought is this: that if we take our faith in Jesus seriously, then we will be submitted to Him to the point that we desire for our lives to reflect His life, and his actions flowed seemlessly from His relationship with His Father in Heaven.
We are called to do the same.  Jesus is calling us to have our lives be reflections of His life, where our deeds flow out from our faith.
It seems to me that most of what Jesus calls us to do boils down to two things: Love Him and love others.  Today is a good day to let those loving actions flow out into our world.
Who knew that you could learn so much from a lunch buffet?