You Talk a Good Game But.....

1 John 1:5-6(GNT) 5 Now the message that we have heard from his Son and announce is this: God is light, and there is no darkness at all in him. 6 If, then, we say that we have fellowship with him, yet at the same time live in the darkness, we are lying both in our words and in our actions.

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Have you  noticed how through social media  we can   hype  ourselves up and  project any image of ourselves that we'd like.   You  really  never  know what's  authentic and  what   is the  reality behind  the computer or iPhone screen. 

The same  goes  for Christian  at times;  We we project an image that we  believe  other  believers  expect of  us but outside of those circles our actions contradict who we say we  are.  The truth is  you can  only keep up appearances  for  so long before  truth  peeks in.  Who we really are will eventually play out in  the company we keep, our lifestyle,  our temper and the   language we use  .

I don't know about you but  I want to be  the authentic to who I am   and more  importantly  I want to be  true to what  God expects of  me.   The truth is you maybe  able  to  put on a  good front  and fool a few people  but   you cannot  do  the  same  with God.  He knows where our heart is  at and where we really stand in our  convictions. 

So  take a honest inventory  of areas of your life where you've  wavered in your  convictions. Is it  the music that you listen to, a  TV show or  the  company you keep?   From there ask God to  further search your heart and point out the areas you may not be aware of.  God will take the blinders off  so that  moving forward  you won't  fall into the same patterns of  old  behaviors.  You won't have to talk a  good game because  you're  growing and becoming authentic to  who God created you to be.