What does your wake look like?

We all leave wakes as we proceed through each day of our life on this Earth just 

as a boat creates a wake as it makes its way through the water. Our actions, our 

deeds, our decisions, even our thoughts create wakes in the fabric of life that 

touch other people – whether we see it or not! These surges of 'waves of 

water' that emanate from what we do, say and think are the indicators of who we 

are and what we truly believe in our heart. And these wakes that we create can 

either bring glory to God or they can bring vainglory to ourselves. 

Our example of what a perfect wake looks like is found in Jesus Christ and His 

walk upon this Earth. Abounding in grace and truth to all those that were around 

Him – this is what was revealed in His wake. Sometimes His wake was large and 

powerful and hit people firmly and directly with His truth other times it was 

small ripples that gently enveloped people with His unconditional love. All of 

His wakes were for the purpose of bringing people to a place where they had to 

make a decision regarding the issues of life and eternity, truth and falsehood, 

sin and righteousness, heaven and hell – a wake of unconditional love that 

brought the truth of God into the lives of mankind. 

I don’t know that the church (each person that is a part of the body of Christ) 

today really thinks about the wakes that we are creating. Our words say that we 

want to leave 'Jesus filled' wakes in our daily lives but our actions seem to 

indicate that we are satisfied with leaving wakes of our own making – wakes that 

reflect conditional love, self centered focus, material desires. 

I know in my life one of my wake struggles is with our call to be ready to 

encourage, exhort and rebuke – for I am all to ready to rebuke before I am ready 

to encourage and exhort. 

So, are the wakes that we are creating each day Jesus filled? Are we using the 

gifts that He gave us to create wakes that ripple with eternity in mind? Do our 

wakes minister unto Him or are they just like the world’s - wakes that wreak 

confusion and havoc, wakes that are filled with vainglory and selfishness and 

wakes that do not edify and glorify the Lord Jesus Christ?