Actions Speak

​There is one thing I have learned over the years and that is action speaks louder than words. You can look at these two different ways - at work and in your personal life.  I remember a time when my baseball coach was giving me some coaching on my swing. After he was done, he said let me see you apply this. So, as I got back in the batting cage and after a few swings my coach said didn’t we just talk about changing your swing up, and I said yes. He then asked why was I not doing what he coached me to do? My answer was ok I will try that. So back to hitting I went. This time, I applied the coaching and was practicing what the coach said. But a few minutes later after the coach walked away, I went back to my old swing and was wondering why I wasn’t hitting the ball as well as I did before the coach walked away. My coach walked back over and said hey you’ve gone back to the old swing again and he asked why again? I said to the coach, “ok, you’re right” and shook my head acknowledging yes I got it. This time the coach looked at me and said “look, I don’t need a yes player I need a player who is going to take action.” He later said to me, “Remember, actions speak louder than words. I want to see your action not just your words saying what you think I want to hear.” 
 
Don’t we do this in life or in our marriages. We say things to our bosses that we think they want to hear and to our spouses, but then they see no action. If we want things to change from work to our marriages, we need to let our actions speak louder than our words. Whether it’s after we get coaching from our boss or coaching from someone about our marriages.
 
This brings me to Romans 14:23 “If the way you live isn’t consistent with what you believe, then it’s wrong.” As Christians, we must do our best to ensure that our actions are accurate reflections of our beliefs. Our theology must be demonstrated not only by words but, more importantly by our actions. In short, we should be practical believers, quick to act whenever we see an opportunity to serve God.
 
Are you the kind of practical Christian man who is willing to dig in and do what needs to be done when it needs to be done? If so, congratulations: God acknowledges your service and blesses it. But if you find yourself more interested in the fine points of theology than in needs of your neighbors, it’s time to rearrange your priorities. God needs believers who are willing to roll up their sleeves and get to work for him. I know I am not the one who should be writing this because I have not lived the life that called me to be over the past year. I have lived not by actions but by words. By living just by words are not good enough you have to live by actions. So I ask you to live by actions not by words, I don’t want you to go through losing friends and family.