Are you the same person?

When you speak to someone face-to-face and then later speak on the phone, are you the same person? When you email or text someone, are you the same person as when you speak to someone in person? When you deal with a salesman or a less-than-impressive person in customer service, are you the same person as when you speak to a widow at church on Sunday? When you are by yourself and “looking at stuff” on your phone, are you the same person as when you have a church friend looking at your screen with you? When someone cuts you off in traffic or cusses you out or mistreats your kid or insults your intelligence, are you the same person as when you are singing, “Oh, how I love Jesus!”?

Part of being the “same person” is learning self-control (2 Pet. 1:6) and seeking “the wisdom from above,” which is “without hypocrisy” (Jas. 3:17). The major part is being “transformed” into the image of Jesus (2 Cor. 3:18) and not being “conformed” to the world (Rom. 12:2). We must be the same person in all circumstances, and that “same person” must reflect Jesus!