Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of Monday Meditations.

To start the week off right, the phrase we're going to be meditating on is the sermon

people never hear you preach.

There's something I've been thinking about a lot lately, and we spend a lot of time as Christians

talking about truth.

We fight for it.

We defend it.

We post about it.

And in a world that's confused and noisy,

that's understandable. Truth matters. Doctrine matters. The gospel matters. But here's the question

that I can't shake. Does the way we live give our words weight? Or do our words collapse under the

weight of how we live? What I'm trying to get at here

is that there's a kind of preaching that isn't done on stages or podcasts or pulpits. It happens in the

kitchens. It happens in hospital rooms or on long car rides with your kids. It can happen in

grocery store checkout lines, whether you're on the phone with someone who's hard to love, it's the sermon

of your life. And most people will hear that long before they ever listen to what you say.

It's your actions. It's always your actions. And I once heard someone say, preach the gospel at all

times, use words if necessary. And now there's a debate about who said that and whether it's been overused,

but there's still wisdom in that idea because the people around you, your children, your

coworkers, your neighbors, even your critics are watching something far more powerful than

your declarations. They're watching your reactions. You're watching how you respond when things don't go

your way, how you treat people who can't give anything back to you, and how you navigate

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