Beware of the chameleon!
- 15
- Sep
- 2015
I was thinking about the ease we have in adapting to the environment we live in and the people we live with! It’s very common to see people make the same mistakes of others, close to them, and have the same attitudes. It all depends on the environment in which you live in!
If you want to please God, you have to pay attention to see if you’re not changing your behavior according to the environment and the people.
One example of that is that at home you give a bad testimony to the family while at church you show holiness, you’re a good girl, obedient with others and authorities; at school, you’re just like your classmates, and at work you have the same attitudes and wrong behavior as your coworkers, etc. That is, you’re not giving a testimony of the faith you say you have!
We cannot be like the chameleon that becomes the same color with the environment that he’s in!
We shouldn’t camouflage the true identity! If you have the identity of faith, assume it wherever you are, be different, stand out from others, don’t be like someone else just to be accepted, because one of the virtues that is much admired in a person, it’s when she is herself in all places, regardless of who she is.
The truth will always prevail and as hard as you try to hide, there will come a time when it’ll become visible to everyone!
God hates hypocrisy, and loves the sincere!
Assume your faith, and may your attitudes show the faith that you say you have everywhere!
Forgive, love, be sincere, genuine, have good eyes, be faithful, humble, and the reward will come, not from men, but from God!
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.”
(Rom. 12: 9)
See you next week!
Adeva
17th September 2015 at 18:24
This is such a strong reminder to many of us, that if we have the identity of faith, we should always assume it wherever we are, be different, stand out from others, and don’t be like someone else just to be accepted by other, this is very strong, thank you very much for sharing.
Ester
17th September 2015 at 16:14
That’s is really helpful, just opened my eyes more.
Thank you Mrs.
Romanitta
17th September 2015 at 12:59
Romanittà Jame
Thank you for this wondeeful reminder our enviroment tends totry and change us if we are not careful we have to be always atentive tothe Spirit at all and if we dont have Him we need to invite him in our live, thaat is the only way we can be prot
Diana
17th September 2015 at 12:55
Thank you. This gives me encouragement and motivation through a situation I’m facing at work. I realised the problem steams from wanting acceptance.
Kesan Edwards
17th September 2015 at 12:49
This is so true and I had first hand experience as it is something that I really struggled with when I first came to the church, especially around my family. It was really difficult to assume my faith around them but as time went by and I understood the importance of being a testimony wherever I am , when I did I finally felt free. I didn’t have to pretend to be someone I was not.
Audrey Brotherson
17th September 2015 at 8:15
Dear Miss Viviane, this is so true. it is so easy to follow the crowd and quench our beliefs just ‘to fit in’, thus denying our true feelings and being a hypocrite. I once tried to please everyone but never pleased myself. Thank God, I have now learnt how to handle this situation and not be a people-pleaser, but please God and myself, hence being totally honest with everyone.