17 Sep 2024
Spoken well of
"Paul travelled on to Derbe and Lystra, where a Christian named Timothy lived. His mother, who was also a Christian, was Jewish, but his father was a Greek. All the believers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of Timothy."
(Acts16.1-2 GNB)
I know people who do not care what others think of them. They thought they are being free and authentic. "This is who I am."
But as Christians, I am not supposed to remain "who I am". I am a new creation in Christ - born again through the Spirit. I ought to become more and more like Christ - daily. Others ought to say, "I do not recognise the old you anymore ever since you follow Christ!"
It is not about wanting to be popular, but about wanting to be like Christ.