Dull Christianity 3: Not Dull - Christian That Actually Looks Like Jesus

We’ve talked about the dullness. We’ve talked about authority. Now it’s time for the part many Christians never get to: what it looks like to actually live this out.

Because if all we do is nod along — “Amen, JD, good word!” — but nothing changes, then we’ve just polished up the same dull Christianity we started with.

This final piece is about stepping into the kind of life Jesus actually offered us: risky, joyful, authoritative, and deeply connected to Him.

1. Start With the Soul — Not the Schedule

Most of us try to fix our Christianity by adding more Christian things:

• more church services

• more reading plans

• more groups

• more activities

• more “good habits”

And again, these are good things. But if your soul is cracked, no amount of Christian activity can cover that up.

Jesus didn’t say, “Learn more about Me.”
He said, “Come to Me… and I will give you rest.”

Authority flows out of healing.
Healing flows out of honesty.
Honesty flows out of coming close to the One who already knows.

Ask Him to heal the parts you’ve been avoiding. The wounds you’ve ignored. The sins you’ve normalized. The hurts you’ve buried under busyness.

A healed Christian is a powerful tool in the hand of God.
A wounded Christian pretending to be healed is exhausted.

2. Replace Rule-Following With Allegiance

Jesus didn’t invite us into a rulebook. He invited us into allegiance — soul-level loyalty to Him above culture, comfort, or Christian tradition.

That means:

• loving Him more than comfort

• trusting Him more than fear

• obeying Him more than your own logic

• relying on His power more than your plans

The Pharisees followed rules perfectly and were spiritually dead.
The disciples followed Jesus imperfectly and changed the world.

That should tell us something.

3. Expect God to Move

A life without expectation is a life without power.

It seems to me that most believers pray like they’re turning in a suggestion card to God’s customer service department — polite, distant, and fully prepared to be disappointed.

Authority doesn’t pray like that.
Authority expects God to respond because it trusts God’s heart.

Start praying small prayers with big expectation.
Start praying big prayers without apologizing for them.
Start asking God to move in the places where you feel the least capable.

Let that sink in. It will require acknowledging where you alone are incapable.

Faith isn’t about forcing miracles.
It’s about refusing to live like God is indifferent.

4. Let Joy Become Your Weapon

A lot of Christians walk around carrying “grumpy” as if that’s a fruit of the Spirit. Meanwhile, Scripture says:

“The light of the eyes rejoices the heart,
and good news refreshes the bones.”

Joy is evidence of the gospel.
Joy is active authority.
Joy draws people.

You don’t need to be extroverted or loud.
You need to be alive.

People are starving for someone whose soul isn’t cracked, bitter, or cynical. Let’s be those people. Let joy bleed through our presence, even if you're quiet.

5. Step Into Small Risks

Authority doesn’t grow in comfort. Start taking small risks:

• Pray for someone even if it feels awkward.

• Speak truth gently where you usually stay silent.

• Say yes to the Spirit’s nudges.

• Step into moments you usually run from.

Risk reveals whether you’re operating in fear or faith.

Every risk you take for Jesus enlarges your soul and deepens your authority. Every risk avoided shrinks both.

6. Remember: You Carry a Kingdom

Jesus didn’t say, “Try to be slightly better people.”
He said, “You are the light of the world.”

Light doesn’t apologize for shining.
It simply shines.
And darkness doesn’t negotiate with light — it flees.

You don’t carry a religion.
You carry a Kingdom.
And everywhere you go, that Kingdom goes.

This Is What People Are Hungry For

People aren’t drawn to Christians who have perfect morals. They’re drawn to Christians who carry life — the kind of life that pours out of a healed soul, a surrendered heart, and a person who has quietly decided:

“I want everything Jesus paid for.”

That kind of believer can’t be dull.
That kind of believer carries authority.
That kind of believer changes rooms, families, communities, and generations.

And that’s the life Jesus invited you into — not museum Christianity, not cultural Christianity, not dull Christianity…

But living Christianity.
Dangerous Christianity.
Transformative Christianity.

The world doesn’t need more nice Church attenders.
It needs healed, surrendered, joy-filled, authoritative Christ followers.

And that’s exactly what God is forming you into.

Stay engaged, friend.
Let Him go deep.
Let Him stretch you.
Let Him awaken you.

Because this is where the real life is. This is how we Act Like It.