Have you noticed people who only sound good but not
good? We all love to be applauded, appreciated, and adored. The public arena
becomes the place to display oneself. Some displays of goodness are devoid of
commitment. The wisest king Solomon in one of his proverbs says, ‘Most
men will proclaim his own goodness, but who can find a faithful man?’ Lies
has been accommodated in this world that it is sold like a hot cake. People
flaunt lies and fake commitments every day.
There is an innate desire in everyone to be recognized.
All efforts are therefore made to project a pleasing image of oneself. In
sounding good, people fail to be honest and truthful. We all believe that our
true self is hidden in the portrayal of fake goodness. We cannot hide who we
are. It is just that people have learnt to accommodate one another with their
real and fake character.
Most of the time people commit and pretend to forget
when they are unwilling to fulfil. Sometimes they flaunt to be good by making
commitments with the underlying motive to exercise power and create dependency.
Stay away from such people!
Talking about the nature of Jesus, which is as recorded
in the Bible and history, The people were all speaking well of Him and were
amazed by the gracious words that came from His mouth…”. It further says, “And
when Jesus went out, He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion
for them and healed their sick.”. All who came to Jesus with sickness
- blind by birth, deaf and mute by birth, people with leprosy, were all healed.
He raised people from dead too. His compassion manifested in action. He did not
just sound good with a discourse on moral philosophy, He was good as a person.
Be good, be kind and be truthful. Jesus talks about the
expression of a Loving God is to be demonstrated with loving people honestly.
You cannot be good without encountering the Saviour. You cannot find a God in
the Church, temple, mosque or in any religious places. You need to put your
faith on the living Saviour and as the Bible says, “if you declare with
your mouth, “Jesus is Lord”, and believe in your heart that God raised him from
the dead, you will be saved”. When you encounter a true God, you
become good, you don’t just sound good.
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