Be Genuine

Have you ever been in the checkout line at Walmart when someone tries to pay with a $100 bill?  Usually, the cashier holds it up to the light or takes a marker and runs a line across the bill to see if it's real.

Lately, my prayer has been asking God to make me more genuine.  I can't tell you how this prayer came about, but I know when I stepped back and gave myself an evaluation, I didn't come out looking too shabby.  After all, I'm a pretty good person who likes people.  I try to be honest, kind and generous.  I thought I deserved a pretty good grade.


God let me strut around for a few minutes and then it was like the Holy Spirit handed me a pair of 3D glasses and asked me to put them on.  I'm sure most people have experienced the effects these glasses have.  When I put them on, it was like all kinds things popped out, moved toward me and began to grow in size.  Things like grumbling and complaining, talking about others, behaving harshly and getting angry are just a few things that I was shown.  These glasses made it very clear that my self evaluation was very blurry in reality.


The time has come where I truly want to appropriate God's word into my life, "Be Holy, just as I am Holy".  I don't just want to act good, so I will keep praying this prayer for God to make me genuine.  He made me in His image and knows exactly what it's going to take to accomplish this.   So just like that $100 bill, when I'm held up to the light or when the trials of life are run across me, I want to be really genuine.