There are some people who behave differently depending on who they are around. I found this out, when I was single and in the dating world. There was the person in the profile, the person you met on the first date, then the total stranger they became when they were around their friends OR family!
It's true, one person once told me that I needed to be more of a chameleon and adapt to be more like the people that I was around to fit into the situation. The problem of course was that I understood something that prevented me from adapting or conforming to the the way everyone else is...
"By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us His Spirit. And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God." 1 John 4:13-15 New American Standard Version
Think about it. every day - once you become a Christian, the God that created the universe abides in you, and you're always in his presence. If we really thought about that... if we really believed that... would it change the way that we acted in a regular basis?
It's easy to pretend to be someone that we aren't, but those that are closest to us know when we are faking it. Starting this new year, let's strive to not blend in with the world, but blend in with God - so when the world sees us... they see our Father!
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