It is very easy to create a certain persona about yourself using words; it is a very different (and more difficult) thing to actually possess that persona, for that requires constant effort. For example, just because you say you are honest doesn’t mean you are. Just because you say you are humble doesn’t mean you are. Just because you say you are a hard worker doesn’t mean you are. Just because you say you are a Christian doesn’t mean you are. Just because you say you are dependable doesn’t mean you are. Just because you say you are faithful doesn’t mean you are.
Words require corresponding actions to validate them. That’s one reason Christians are exhorted, “Let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:18). God draws a sharp distinction between the person who says to another, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled” and the person who will actually “give them the things which are needed for the body” (Jas. 2:16). Do your actions and your lifestyle validate or implicate your words?