Chaplains Corner

A Good Reputation For Christ
 Dave Brandon, of Our Daily Bread
 During his college days at Florida State University, Charlie Ward was a two-sport student-athlete. In 1993, the young quarterback won the Heisman Trophy as the country’s best college American football player and starred on the basketball team. During a pregame talk one day, his basketball coach used some foul language as he talked to his players. He noted that Charlie “wasn’t comfortable” and said, “Charlie, what’s up? Ward said, “Coach, you know, Coach Bowden [the football coach] doesn’t use that language, and he gets us to play hard.” Charlie’s Christlike character allowed him to speak gently to his basketball coach about the issue. The coach told a reporter: “It’s almost as if an angel was looking at you” when he talked to Charlie. A good reputation with unbelievers and a faithful witness for Christ are hard to maintain. But at the same time, believers in Jesus can grow to be more like Him as He helps and guides us. In Titus 2, younger men, and by extension all believers, are called to be “self-controlled” and to “show integrity … and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned”. When we live that way in Christ’s strength, we’ll honor Him and build a good reputation. As God provides the wisdom we need, people will have reason to hear what we say!
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