What are you saying from your platform?

I recently shared a video on Facebook of an interview with Jase Robertson, who is one of the stars from the A&E TV reality show “Duck Dynasty.”  During this interview Jase said something to the affect of “What you do is the platform for your faith.”  This was a simple yet profound statement describing how everything we do in life is a statement about what we believe.  ALL of our thoughts, speech, and actions say something about what we believe about God, his son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit or anything else that we hold beliefs about.  They speak to our belief in the salvation offered by Jesus’ death on the Cross and His victory over death through the resurrection on the 3^rd day. 

This comment by Jase reminded me of a couple passages from the Bible: the first is James 2:14-17

What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds?  Can such faith save him?  Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.  If one of you says to him, ‘Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about his physical needs, WHAT GOOD IS IT?  In the same way, FAITH by itself, if it is NOT accompanied by ACTION, is DEAD.

             Faith is not just a decision to believe in a statement or a cause or, in this case, God.  Faith is a way of life.  Faith demands Action!!  If there is no action as a result of one’s faith, then their really is no faith.   That so-called faith is dead; in fact, there is a good chance it never even existed in the first place. I need to note that the true state of one’s heart upon acknowledgment of Jesus as Savior is not a judgment for me or any other man or woman to make, BUT the grace bestowed upon us, if our hearts are truly submitted to Christ, prompts us to action.  And “actions speak louder than words.”  The Apostle Paul says it this way in 2 Corinthians 5:14 “For Christ’s love compels us [to action], because we are convinced that one died for all and therefore all died”. [my emphasis]

             The second passage I’m reminded of is John 13:34-35:

Love one another.  As I have loved you, so you must love one another.  By this ALL MEN will know that you are MY disciples, if you LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

             My point is this; if “what you do is a platform for your faith”, then what exactly are you saying from your platform?  Are you saying, “Jesus is the King of my life”?  Or are you saying, “I’m the King and what I say goes”?  I can guarantee that you say one of these two things by your actions everyday.  Your words might claim Jesus as Lord, but what do your actions claim?  What are you preaching from your platform with your actions?