Never
let your public anointing exceed your private devotion. Unknown
Life that we live in front of other people is like a stage. Who we really are is the life we live in the greenroom. Who are you behind the closed doors of the greenroom? Are you the same person - character - persona - as you are on the stage of your life? While today's quote actually leans more toward people in "professional ministry" it begs a look from all of us.
The focal point of today's quote is this: is what you "preach" to the people you come into contact with daily the way you also live your life when nobody is watching? Or have you allowed "takeover" to occur? Have you allowed the lure of pleasing people to deter you from living out your true convictions?
When what we do on the stages of our lives doesn't match how we live in the greenroom then there's a problem. Who we really are - what we really believe about God, work ethic, parenting, etc etc - is who we are in the greenroom. If that doesn't translate on the stage of our day to day life then we aren't being true to ourselves and who we really are. And oftentimes we try to mask it. If we falter in our greenrooms it eventually shows up on stage. For example, money. If someone you respect suddenly has a focus on money - obtaining more of it, trying to guilt people into giving more, the topic of it is somehow weaved into every conversation, using God as a motivator to give more, etc - then you can be sure that eventually that person is going to be on stage someday and it's all going to come out. Maybe they are in deep debt and trying to recover, maybe they got greedy and want more, maybe they think they are justifying it but really can't. No matter the reason, the falter they have made in the greenroom can only be shut up for so long. Eventually it all gets exposed on the stage. When that happens, as it unfortunately does way too often, it is painfully obvious that the person had let their public anointing exceed private devotion. Somewhere along the way they forgot that the respect they had from others wasn't something to be abused and taken advantage of and their private devotion to what they really believe about God, work ethic, parenting, etc etc had been blinded from the bright lights of the stage.
True character is this: letting our private devotion be center stage in our lives and forgetting that there is an audience out there watching. We live on the stage of our lives for an audience of one. When we do that we are displaying our strength of character.
Life that we live in front of other people is like a stage. Who we really are is the life we live in the greenroom. Who are you behind the closed doors of the greenroom? Are you the same person - character - persona - as you are on the stage of your life? While today's quote actually leans more toward people in "professional ministry" it begs a look from all of us.
The focal point of today's quote is this: is what you "preach" to the people you come into contact with daily the way you also live your life when nobody is watching? Or have you allowed "takeover" to occur? Have you allowed the lure of pleasing people to deter you from living out your true convictions?
When what we do on the stages of our lives doesn't match how we live in the greenroom then there's a problem. Who we really are - what we really believe about God, work ethic, parenting, etc etc - is who we are in the greenroom. If that doesn't translate on the stage of our day to day life then we aren't being true to ourselves and who we really are. And oftentimes we try to mask it. If we falter in our greenrooms it eventually shows up on stage. For example, money. If someone you respect suddenly has a focus on money - obtaining more of it, trying to guilt people into giving more, the topic of it is somehow weaved into every conversation, using God as a motivator to give more, etc - then you can be sure that eventually that person is going to be on stage someday and it's all going to come out. Maybe they are in deep debt and trying to recover, maybe they got greedy and want more, maybe they think they are justifying it but really can't. No matter the reason, the falter they have made in the greenroom can only be shut up for so long. Eventually it all gets exposed on the stage. When that happens, as it unfortunately does way too often, it is painfully obvious that the person had let their public anointing exceed private devotion. Somewhere along the way they forgot that the respect they had from others wasn't something to be abused and taken advantage of and their private devotion to what they really believe about God, work ethic, parenting, etc etc had been blinded from the bright lights of the stage.
True character is this: letting our private devotion be center stage in our lives and forgetting that there is an audience out there watching. We live on the stage of our lives for an audience of one. When we do that we are displaying our strength of character.
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