In the advertising industry they have a 3 second rule for billboards. The driver of a vehicle should be able to read, process, and understand your message in roughly three seconds or less.
What do billboards do? They represent the company or service or organization that they are advertising for. Whether it’s a product, service, or idea – that organization is represented by that billboard. That billboard reflects the belief or morals of that company or organization.
Just like a billboard you are called to reflect God. Every day, every circumstance, every situation, in every word or action. Every second of every day you’re a walking billboard for God. You are the lens that people are experiencing God through.
The way you dress, the way you eat and drink, the tone of your voice, your choice of words, your positive or negative attitude. This is just to name a few of the ways that you are a billboard.
Somebody is driving by your billboard every single second of the day. Your billboard never goes dark or is unreadable. It is always reflecting something.
They don’t even have to be able to see you. They can be talking to you on the phone. You can text them. You can be on the internet leaving a comment or post. You are still a billboard for God. You can do nothing incognito.
“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt” Colossians 4:6 NIV
You are to be an enhancer. An enhancer is anything used to improve, strengthen, or add value to the quality of something.
Are you doing that today? In your work, at home, with friends, on the internet, in the aisle of the grocery store, on the phone to the insurance representative, getting a soda at the gas station or your cup of coffee at Starbucks. Does the person at the drive up window see God’s reflection when they get the order wrong?
Today you will only have 3 seconds to show God. Are you in the right relationship with God to properly reflect His Image?
It is not a religion, it is a relationship.
Prayers and love for all.
Larry
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