So much of our talk about God is "Christian-eze." You know, all the Christian slang we've always heard but have never really given much thought to. We say, "God is awesome. God is cool. Let's be sold out to Him." We say things mindlessly without really thinking about what we're saying.

We'll shout it in church, but our talk of the things of God never gets much deeper than that. That's why it is so hard for many of us to witness and share out faith. All we have is a "surfacey" faith, so that's all we'll know to talk about.

If our faith never gets very deep, we can't articulate anything deep. If we're not very deep, it's hard for us to convince somebody that Jesus is alive inside of us and that it's something they really need.

In some churches you'll hear people say over and over again things like, "Praise the Lord, Glory to God, Hallelujah, Amen." Without any heartfelt meaning underneath, these words can simply be "Christian-eze"—mindless, spiritual words that come flowing out of the mouth but have no substance to them.

Somebody might think, "Well, I'd say something deep, if I knew something deep to say."

That's the whole point. If you want to say something deep, you need to be deep. Dive into the Word of God to get deep so you've got something deep to say.

When God begins to do deep things in you and you're working through issues, temptations, and problems that you've been going through, and you get victory and learn how to stand, then you'll have something deep to say.

You could say that an athlete works really hard. But that athlete could tell you how many sit-ups and how much running, sweating, working out he does. He could tell you exactly what he did to get to that level of fitness.

In the same way, people who are not strong Christians look at the Christian walk and say, "All you have to do is this, all you have to do is that. Oh, just be excited about God. Just be committed to Him, and you'll be strong." Their air-headed statements show that they have never really done the workout.

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
(Col. 4:6)

The things that we say should constantly give off a taste that shows we have substance to our life.

Begin to meditate on Colossians 4:6 today and ask the Lord, "Lord, what kind of salt can I give off today? What can I say today that might strike people in their hearts or minds to let them just get a glimpse that You are real in my life."

Source: Mature Christians Are Boring People...And Other Myths About Maturity In Christ
by Ron Luce.
Excerpt permission granted by Albury Publishing