Playing a Role or Authenticity

I once heard someone say to me, "I was playing a role", meaning this person was not authentic in front of other people so they acted the way they were expected to act without it being a real part of who they were.

We are living in times in which most people are playing a role to entice others to like them. These people cannot be trusted, we never know when they are "playing a role" or if they are being honest.

These people never offer anything about themselves and when asked they only speak of good things they think will impress the ones they are speaking to.

Many years ago when I was a child I heard an adult say; "how can we know what the true self of the television actor is when they are so used to "acting." Everthing they do and say is a "put on" to cause others to elevate and admire them.

May we practice through the help of the Holy Spirit being authentic and truthful about ourselves. Self-reflection is the key to growing in holiness, spiritual and emotional maturity.

1 John 1:9

"9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

James 5:16

"16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

Without confession of flaws and sins there is no spiritual and emotional maturity.