Luke 7:31-35 “To what can I compare the people of this generation?” Jesus asked. “How can I describe them? They are like children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends, 

‘We played wedding songs, and you didn’t dance, so we played funeral songs, and you didn’t weep.’

For John the Baptist didn’t spend his time eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He’s possessed by a demon.’ The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it.”

I’m going to place myself on the cutting block for this one. I have said something very similar to this in my life – and I have been in multiple conversations surrounding this exact topic in MANY church settings.

It goes something like this: “We are holding prayer meetings, small groups, and worship teams – yet no one seems to care. We play contemporary music and no one is dancing; we play classic hymns and no one is singing.” 

If you drink too much, you are an alcoholic. If you don’t drink, you are a prude and ignorant of the world’s happenings.

I don’t seem to be able to bridge those last two paragraphs any better than Eugene Peterson. Here is what he wrote, “Opinion polls don’t count for much, do they? The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”

Here is where I am going with this: It seems as leaders, teachers, preachers, parents in His Church – our opinions matter little – the proof is in how we live our lives. Or if I dare be as convicting as the Greek translation puts it: “But wisdom is justified by all her children.” 

If we are going to live Truth and Life, there is no faking it, and our opinions matter very little. Our lives will testify to our heart’s intent.