Be True To Who You Are 1. Be True To You  From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. Genesis 20:1-2 When you’re walking in your calling, don’t compromise who you are.  You have to be who you are, and not in a box someone else has placed on you.  You can’t compromise who you are just because it seems like an easier path. 2. Not Being True Hurts More Than Just You  But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man’s wife.” Genesis 20:3 God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him he was as good as dead for taking a married woman. Not being honest with ourselves hurts everybody around us. If I’m not the same person at home as I am here, it’s detrimental to my family. Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.” And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you did this thing?” Abraham said, “I did it because I thought,  ‘There is no fear of God at all in this place and they will kill me because of my wife.’ Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father though not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife. And when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is the kindness you must do me: at every place to which we come, say of me, “He is my brother.” Genesis 20:9-13 Don't try to justify your wrong.  3. Walking in God’s Will Can Right Wrongs  When Abraham came back to who he was God blessed Abimelech's house with children.  Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and returned Sarah his wife to him. And Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.” To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is a sign of your innocence in the eyes of all Hebrew It is a covering of eyes for all who are with you, and before everyone you are vindicated.” Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children. For the Lord had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife. Genesis 20:14-18 _______________________________________________________ Join our churchwide devotion for March. Click the link below: March Bible Reading Are you ready to be baptized? Register here: Baptism Form Have you made a commitment to follow Jesus?  Decision Form