YOUR REPUTATION IS BUILT UPON WHO YOU REALLY ARE WHEN NO-ONE IS LOOKING !

If you want to be a person of "good reputation", it will not occur in public unless you are actually being that person in private .
If you want to be known as a person of "Godly reputation", this can only become a reality when you are actually that Godly person of Holiness when no-one else is watching. Our reputation is obviously constructed from our track record , not our intentions. As I meet many people at every level of society ,there are many who know the right principles, talk the correct language, and even make the "common sense" plans. Unfortunately, it takes more than mere "talk"to build a dynamic church, it takes more than rhetoric to in truth be an authentic Disciple of Jesus Christ, and it even takes more than well known strategies to "make whatever happen". You see it is not about us making ourselves look good , or making our own plans and asking God to bless them . Rather it is about actually being the person Jesus requires us to be and acting when He says so , not before & certainly not after. This determines whether or not we have a "Good Reputation" in God's eyes.
In 1909 on April 14 William Booth (one of the co-founders of The Salvation Army) was interviewed by a reporter from the STANDARD newspaper , the interview went something like this : Reporter; "What is the Army's future?"
General Booth ; "That depends upon the Army. If she is energetic, faithful and steadfast, she will go branching out , this way & that way , going from strength to strength. If she is slothful and slackens her ZEAL, she will PERISH-yes , I hope she will perish and be swept away , for dead things should not encumber the ground, but rather should make place for the living." WOW , what an incredible quote from one of the co-founders of The Salvation Army . That is why today I pray & indeed every day pray that the Holy Spirit will keep God's Army just that , HIS Army used for HIS purposes , living off HIS reputation, being who HE has called us to be .
A movement cleansed with the blood of Jesus & full of The Holy Spirit , with one motivation : To bring glory to God . Want a good reputation ? Live for Jesus . be like Jesus, love Jesus more than your own life. He will then take care of your reputation.
The Word for today : PSALM 33:5 ''THE LORD LOVES RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE; THE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS UNFAILING LOVE."

Blessings to readers today.

MARNEY