Good Behavior

Character, behavior and human/spiritual maturity are intertwined. I need to remind myself of this, because I so easily weary of a behavior-centered approach to being a Jesus follower. As if the point of life was to be good, rather than the outcome of goodness being a fuller, richer life. But life is a lived, enacted reality. Its substance consists of what we do. Everything that lies within us comes out in how we choose to behave. Concrete, embodied choices. Sure, there's more to knowing God than being a good little boy or girl. But there's no route toward being a vital, thriving man or woman without choosing well.