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The True You
“What people think
of me” is a very powerful motivator. It is still shaping us more than
we’d like to admit. It shapes our theology, our politics, our values.
Do any of us go
through one entire day being utterly true no matter how many different
environments we move through? Do you even know the true you? Is there a
true you? Whether it is born of fear or longing or uncertainty or cunning
or wickedness, it so natural for us to shape ourselves according to the
moment we scarcely notice how much we do it. Now, toss in the promise of
reward—wealth, power, success, the adoration of others—and boy, oh boy,
is it hard to be true.
Only when you have
taken an honest look inside yourself, and seen what really fuels the
things you do, will you appreciate how utterly remarkable it is to be
true. And how utterly desirable. We are given the story of Jesus’
wilderness trial to help us understand that Jesus has been tried—and proven
true. Remember now, Jesus wasn’t cheating; it was a genuine test of his
character, so profoundly terrible, to be seduced by the evil one himself,
that Jesus needed angels to minister to him afterward.
We typically think
of integrity as the ability to resist temptation by resolve. And that’s a
good thing; self-discipline is a good thing. But there is another level
of integrity, the kind where you don’t even want the seduction that is
being presented to you. Goodness runs so deep, so pervasive through your
character and your being that you don’t even want it. We respect the man
who is able to reject sexual temptation. But how much more the man whose
soul is such that he does not want any woman but the woman he loves and
is married to.
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Do you know who you are?
We live in a country where people hide behind falseness. We tend to act like people want us to act and sometimes that goes against everything God intended us to be. Do not hide anymore. Show everyone who you truly are on the inside and watch your world come alive.
Jay
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