Be Genuine!

Therefore, humble yourselves under God’s power so that he may raise you up at the right time.

1 Peter 5:6 

 

I like words.  I like finding out how they came to be and I enjoy writing them (although Auto-correct and I are not on speaking terms currently).  When I read today's verse, the word "Humble" stuck out for me.  So after some careful and diligent research, I discovered that the word translated as "humble" means: "to have a modest opinion of oneself; to behave in an assuming manner."  In other words, "Be genuine under God's power so that He may raise you up at the right time."

 

Be genuine!  Be authentic! Be real! Be honest!  Sounds easy, doesn't it? We all know people who seem to be chameleons changing according to the crowd.  But God has called us to be genuine!

 

Genuinely Care.

Genuinely pray!

Genuinely listen!

Genuinely speak!

Genuinely love each other!

 

One of my favorite authors shared a thought I found profound: "Religious stuff doesn't make us better...it makes us more religious."  Being "religious" is not genuine.  It is not authentic!