Character Reference

Character reference: something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable.

Character references are often asked for by potential employers. I was thinking about that this morning, and what it means to be able to reference someone else’s character. If you needed a personal character reference, you would likely have someone you have known for a while to write it for you. The only way to really know someone’s character is by having a relationship with them over time. Any person can fool you for a short while, but when you have been through the difficulties of life with someone, they will truly know your character and you will know theirs.

Character: Moral or ethical strength OR A description of a person's attributes, traits, or abilities.

This got me thinking about who we are, and what we are doing with our lives.

If we believe that God, the Father, sent God, the Son, who then sent God, the Spirit, to walk with us, live in us, set us free, and give us new life – How is that changing how we daily live? When you spend time with the Lord in prayer, and reading the Word (inspired by the Spirit) you begin to know and understand His character – to the extent that we are able to understand it. Living our lives with the Spirit dwelling inside of us, like scripture says (1 Cor 6:19), means that we have an extraordinary ability to love and know God. So, with our lives comes the ability to give a character reference for God (the Father, Son, & Spirit). We get to recommend HIM to others as worthy and desirable! And HE IS.

The question then is, do other people believe that by the way we are living? Does the way we act, think, and react REALLY recommend God? Do people look at us and believe that God is who He says He is by the way we live our lives? Do they know HIS attributes, traits, and abilities by spending time with us - His children? We should know Him better than anyone, we are His followers. We should know WHO He is from His Word and by the things He has done in our lives. We ARE living testaments to the power, love, and reliability of our Savior.

Does your life make other people want Him in theirs?