Which Side Are You On?

Our neighbors behind us have a really big yard, half an acre maybe. So, to keep up with their lawn, they got some goats. Yes, goats (a very random thing to find in the city, by the way).
A couple of days ago, I glanced out my kitchen window to see a goat sitting by the fence that divides our backyards...
But I couldn't tell which side of the fence he was on.
"Uh, mom?" I said kind of nervously. She came over to the window. "Please tell me that goat isn't in our yard."
"Oh! Hmm...well, he's probably in his yard, but yeah, it is hard to tell." She replied.
Then I got an idea..an analogy that I'm going to present to you in this blog post.
When I looked back, he was gone.

Just long enough to give me this idea!

Sometimes that's what it's like with Christians. They sit so close to the fence (the world) that you can't tell for sure what side they are on. They talk like a non-christian, dress like a non-christian, act like a non-christian...and I'm not trying to be judgmental, I'm not looking down on them for being lukewarm (although that is definitely not okay). I'm ashamed that they present God & the church that way to unsaved people. People get their opinion of God by what they see in us, and if we as Christians walk around either condemning them for their choices or cussing and drinking, then they aren't going to have a very good view of God. You know what I'm saying?
And another point: if you say you're a God follower, but you are following the world, then what side ARE you on? Who are you really following? You can't walk down 2 paths at the same time, it's impossible.
What upsets me the most is how much they are missing by sitting so close to the fence. Don't they know that Christianity isn't just some religion? Why would they be so careless about the fact that God created everything, is everything, keeps their lungs breathing and their hearta beating, and loves them literally TO DEATH? It should break a heart to know that so many people are choosing to keep Jesus at arms length.
I've been there. I didn't want to accept Him..but it's the best thing I ever did.

Thanks for reading, don't sit close to the fence..
;)