Growing up, we all want to be accepted, and we would do anything to get accepted. If you want to be a nerd, you make yourself look smarter. If you want to be popular, you might flaunt some money around. We all act differently around different people so we can all be accepted. But what if it doesn't have to be that way. To show my point, I have a few photos, that I would love to share.
This is the same bird, just with a few changes. This might be how you act around you parents. You try to hide something's that you don't want them to know, and so you cover it up. The black and white is covering what you are trying to hide, while the purple is everything your parents want you to be.
Now these three pictures are a representation of how you are at school. You are different at school, then you are at home, and with each changing backgrounds, you are with a different group of people.
Now the question is, how does God see you? Which of the above pictures does God see you as. Does he see you as the person that you are around your parents, or the person you are around your friends?
There are two ways to look at the question and there are two answers, but they both end up at one picture.
For the first way, I'm going to rephrase the question a little. What if I were to say, how do you act around God? Do you try to act like a good person like you have done nothing wrong? Or are you yourself? God doesn't want you to put on an act, because he can see right through it. Psalms 139:15 says, "My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth." God knows your deep inner thoughts because he made you, so there is no put in hiding it. God wants you to be open with Him, to ask for help, and to admit your weaknesses.
The second way to look at this question is, through all your different acts, how does God see you? Does He see you as a different person every time you change groups, or does he see you the same no matter what? Ephesians 4:24 says, "And to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." We were made in God's image, and when we believe in God then we are like Him. God doesn't see your flaws. It's not that He has amnesia, He chooses not to remember. He sees you for you, and not for the things you have done, or the person you are trying to be.
So do you change who you are around different people, or are you just being you?
This is a bird that I drew during math. Let's say that this is you. You are being yourself and you aren't trying to please anyone.
This is the same bird, just with a few changes. This might be how you act around you parents. You try to hide something's that you don't want them to know, and so you cover it up. The black and white is covering what you are trying to hide, while the purple is everything your parents want you to be.
Now these three pictures are a representation of how you are at school. You are different at school, then you are at home, and with each changing backgrounds, you are with a different group of people.
Now the question is, how does God see you? Which of the above pictures does God see you as. Does he see you as the person that you are around your parents, or the person you are around your friends?
There are two ways to look at the question and there are two answers, but they both end up at one picture.
For the first way, I'm going to rephrase the question a little. What if I were to say, how do you act around God? Do you try to act like a good person like you have done nothing wrong? Or are you yourself? God doesn't want you to put on an act, because he can see right through it. Psalms 139:15 says, "My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth." God knows your deep inner thoughts because he made you, so there is no put in hiding it. God wants you to be open with Him, to ask for help, and to admit your weaknesses.
The second way to look at this question is, through all your different acts, how does God see you? Does He see you as a different person every time you change groups, or does he see you the same no matter what? Ephesians 4:24 says, "And to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." We were made in God's image, and when we believe in God then we are like Him. God doesn't see your flaws. It's not that He has amnesia, He chooses not to remember. He sees you for you, and not for the things you have done, or the person you are trying to be.
So do you change who you are around different people, or are you just being you?
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