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Will the real ME please stand up?

Its not very popular today to be real.  I mean “FAKE” is really where it’s at.  From fake eyelashes to diamonds, “fake” is pretty “normal” for today.   Fake is also something I grew up with.  I mean, I was trained in fake.  You NEVER told people how you really felt, or who you really were.  You could say that my persona was FAKE.

Until I met Jesus Christ, that is.  Well, actually I didn’t totally realize “fake” stuff til I knew Him for a while.  Cause He is Truth, you know – the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE.  Now, it is my prayer that I am NEVER fake, never false,
N-E-V-E-R.

“What you see is what you get” so to speak.

Really?  Do I really want that?  YES – I can answer that with a resounding YES!  The same Bible Study leader as the wife at home. The same mom as the neighbor.  The same legal secretary as the shopper.  I want to walk the walk not just TALK the walk - I want to be REAL – inside and out – all of me – R.E.A.L.

God’s Word is full of verses about who we are.  Who we are IN HIM.  Here are a few:

Psalm 15:
LORD, who may dwell in Your sanctuary?   Who may live on Your holy hill?
He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong  and casts no slur on his fellowman.

I am redeemed.

Psalm 76: My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to You - I, whom You have redeemed.

I am blessed.  I am forgiven.

Psalm 32:    Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.  Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him
and in whose spirit is no deceit.

I am accepted.  I am chosen.

Ephesians 1:  In Him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of His glory.

Filling myself with these TRUTHS helps me remember who I am in HIM.  Helps me realize what REAL is – and enables me to BE REAL – BE THE WOMAN GOD HAS CALLED ME TO BE!

May our hearts see . . . . WHO WE REALLY ARE and to STAND on that!

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