Believe me, people will talk about you. People are sure to form an impression of us by what they hear as a family, a community, a society. But what will they hear, and what will be the gist of their conversation when our names are mentioned? It would be nice to be a fly on the wall just to hear what they have to say. Sometimes you meet people for the first time and they say, “Oh, I’ve heard about you.” If you ask them what they’ve heard, they hem and haw and somehow sidestep the question. That’s when you know that what they’ve heard was probably not good. But wait, are there things in your life that you would be embarrassed to know that people are discussing in your absence? Has anyone ever asked you if your ears were burning because they were talking about you?
The best way to avoid this problem is to live a life that is above reproach, one that exemplifies the righteousness that God demands of us. Proverbs 14:34 says, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” Paul, in writing to the church of the Thessalonians in his first letter says in chapter 1 that people everywhere were talking about them, but it was their “Work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope,” (v3, 7-9) that they were talking about.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT YOU?
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