What if no one is watching...

I remember reading a study a while back that said people were more likely to wash their hands in a public bathroom if someone else was in there. There are a series of studies that basically say the same thing. People behave "better" when someone is watching them.

Would you behave differently if your Pastor spent a week with you following you around? Would your language change, would what you listen to or what you watch on television change? Would the way that you interact with your friends change?

People usually fall into one of three categories when asked this question:

1. They would absolutely change and be on their best behavior
2. They would not change, because they live a very consistent Christian life
3. They would not change, because they know they are living incorrectly but think that their lifestyle is justified

The interesting thing is, that we forget that God has given us a part of Himself that dwells in us.

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. (John 14:15-17, ESV)

Let us struggle to be consistent in our walk with God at all times.