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I heard recently that the late actor Henry Fonda dearly wished he could be more like the character of “Mr. Roberts” that he played in a movie of the same name. Strongly associated with that role, he deeply admired the character and said wistfully to a reporter; “I wish I could be like him but the truth is that I’m nothing like Mr. Roberts.”<\/p>\n

Being such a fine actor, too bad he couldn’t just “act” like Mr. Roberts all the time but that doesn’t work, does it? Our words and actions reveal the real us. Matthew 12:35 say; “The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.”<\/b> No matter how good an actor we are, we can’t pretend forever.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t mean, however, that we can’t actually become the person we’d like to be. We need to be transformed. Ephesians 4:23-24 says; “And be renewed in the spirit of your mind … put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.” <\/b><\/p>\n

What does that take? Play-acting won’t cut it but genuinely submitting our whole selves to Christ will start the process of transformation. It is a simple step but not an easy one. Those willing to try, however, will find something more substantial in the end than just wishing it was so.<\/p>\n

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