A Poser will find it difficult to do the hard work of

  

 

A Poser will find it difficult to do the hard work of 

Restoring His heart

 

 

Wendell, this thought came into my mind, and it had to be the Holy Spirit, in that I’m sure a teacher tried to teach me the classics like Shakespeare, but it just did not take.

 

Many a man who has asked Jesus into their life is a poser. I say this because I was one for many years.  This thought came into my mind this morning, I had spent time in the word, and was getting up to prepare breakfast, when this thought came into my thinker: “Above all be true to yourself.” 

 

I shared with Jan the thought and said I know it from someone, but I can’t remember who.  I went on to say that a man who is not true to himself will not be a man of integrity.

 

I got up and went to fix our breakfast, and I sat back down, got my computer, and asked who said this.  It was William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3. And true to my uneducated self, my quote was off.  The following was, “This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not be false to any man…

 

The definition of a Poser: a person who behaves affectedly in order to impress others; a poser.  At work, you are different from at church. When you are with an old friend who knows you, the real you, you do not share what Jesus has done for you.  I recall weeks after I had my encounter with Christ in a hotel room, I began to want to read my Bible, and I left it on my dash, my boss got into my car, and said this; Did you go to church.  The poser did not tell him that I had asked Jesus into my life; the poser said yes.

 

Sometime later, we had a group of big shots from St. Paul come in, and they invited us to go to a bar with them.  God had convicted me that I needed to stop drinking, so I had a Coke.  One of the salesmen asked, Is it because you're now religious that you do not drink with us anymore.  It seemed that all eyes were on me, and all were waiting for my reply.  Channel One, the deceptive channel, that sounds like me, says your job is on the line, and Channel Two is not my voice it it is often just a thought that came into my mind.  It reminds me of a Scripture; If you deny Me before men, I will deny you before my Father.  My reply was that I asked Jesus to come into my life, and He convicted me about drinking too much.  I have no problem with you drinking.  I must say the table was uncountably quiet, it seemed like forever, and one of the bosses from St. Paul changed the subject.  That was the beginning of leaving the life of a poser.

 

When a man has gotten his need met outside of Christ,  as I had for 27 years, it takes a miracle and a deep desire to let Jesus do it all for you.  But when you do, you can wait, and seek, it's not fun, God is not going to meet your schedule, but He is always on time.

 

From our Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice