Are you generic or real

​We have all had some generic type food that was not even close to the real thing, at all. Let me give you an example. When my oldest daughter was about 3 yeas old her favorite food was Kraft Mac and Cheese. Well probably the reason why it was her favorite is because at this time in my life it was all that I could afford. However, I remember finding this generic mac and cheese and bought it home to cook that night. I put it in her bowl with some extra cheese. We sat down to eat and about the time she put the mac and cheese in her mouth the look on her face was priceless. She looked at me with her mouth full of that mac and cheese and was not even chewing it at all. All I could do is laugh at her. I told her to go spit it out in the garbage can. She ran so fast. She spit it and out and turned around to me and said dad what was that? There was no way of trying to pass the generic brand by her even if I put more fake stuff on it because she knew it was not the real thing.
 
This what we do in life, we try to make things look like the real thing when actually it’s not.  People can see right through it and it doesn’t sit well them. The perplexing thing is that instead of putting the fake stuff down, our own reaction is usually to put more fake stuff on or decide the fake stuff, while not as good, is good enough.
 
If you ask many people why they don’t want anything to do with religion, they will probably tell you all the reasons they don’t like it, but I bet they will not describe the real stuff. They will probably share with you about some person on TV that said if they send in money they would get rich, watch someone on TV preaching and crying but you can see right through the fake cry, or someone told them God hated them because of how they acted or even married. A lot of these people are dealing with the generic brand and not the real brand, which is sad. We have a chance to allow them to see the real brand of God, but we have to get out of the way and let God work through us and be real not generic. People know a fake. Even the Devil doesn’t like fake people. If you don’t believe me read Acts 19:11-20. These brothers like many say they know Jesus and come to work in Jesus name. However, they didn’t really know Jesus. They were working and doing things to make themselves look good and it was all about them. So when they came up against this Demon saying to leave this mans body and then the demon says to them “I know Jesus and I know Paul, but who are you”?. It did not end well from them you should read it. It’s a really awesome story.
 
We just need to remember that people want you to be real not generic nor do they want to be fed the fake stuff.