Character

Alphonse Karr had a great statement about character.  He wrote, 

“Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.”  

Romans 12:3 exhorts us to evaluate ourselves, not thinking too highly (or lowly) of ourselves, but honestly looking at who we are and where God wants us to be.  Character is so critical if Christians are going to worship with integrity and reach out to others with the gospel effectively.  It is the number one complaint about Christians on the lips of those who are not following Jesus: “Christians are hypocrites.”  

We are called to look at ourselves with sober judgment and then to open the door for God’s Spirit to begin transforming us from the inside-out to better reflect the God we represent.  

Let the character we think and hope we have line up with the character that we do have!!