I once tried pretending to be someone when I wasn’t the person who I
really was as a person back yet it didn’t worked out as right as I
thought that it would be then. Yet, too many people have spent so much
of their lives pretending that they don’t remember who they really are
anymore and that they’ve spent all their energy and effort trying to
fake their way through life, thinking it will give them the life they
want. Truly, this prompts me not to please people as this can be foolish
for me to think otherwise, just as Solomon said, “It is dangerous to be
concerned with what others think of you, but if you trust the LORD, you
are safe” (Proverbs 29:25, GNT) but to remind myself that I should
trust God to help me present myself of who really I am as a person while
I pondered upon my Lenten weekend’s reading.
I also pray that
God helps me not to strive for perfection with my own will + strength so
that I can have others love me for my perfection when I am not really.
Indeed, Jesus said, “You are the ones who make yourselves look right in
other people’s sight, but God knows your hearts. For the things that are
considered of great value by people are worth nothing in God’s sight”
(Luke 16:15, GNT);
Truly, this encourages me to switch my focus
to what God thinks of me knowing that He completely knows me and loves
me unconditionally as a person and that Christ perfects me because I am
in Him (Matthew 5:44, NIV) causing me to obey Him in following His
teachings and He sets me free from pretending to be someone when I am
not as to what the psalmist says, “I will live in perfect freedom,
because I try to obey your teachings” (Psalm 119:45, GNT).
In what ways does social media makes you more vulnerable to pretending today?
Profile Background:
Jeremy Koh is a disabled graduate
from Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore – formerly known as Spastic
Children Association (1987–1997). He graduated with Certificates in
Microsoft Office Skills & a HR Administrator Graduate (CHRA) under
Human Capital Singapore–SGEnable Collaboration of Partnership – HCS HR
PowerBank (7th Dec 2021 to 3rd June 2022) | Former Project
Assistant/Email Marketing Consultant |A Connecter in ServeHope Pte Ltd
& GrowthBeans Team in Savior-Asia Consulting Pte Ltd | A KeyGuard
Specialist @(these)abilites Pte Ltd handling all KeyGuard Operations for
10 months in World United College South East Asia (Tampines Branch) |
an Executive Assistant with Vision Strategy Storytelling (3 months, Aug
to Oct 2017); A Founder in the ground up initiative project called –
Project Stories for LIFE (Affiliated with Youth Corps Singapore, a
former member of the Special Needs Cluster) |A PwD Advocate – a
representing voice of the Disabled Community to the public today.
Prayer Response to this featured article:
Jesus, help us to be someone of who we really are while living in your perfect freedom + to obey your teachings
(Written by Jeremy Koh, 24th February 2023)
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