The Poser attaches importance where there is none and puts glitter on what's least substantial to distract us from what's real and true. He feeds us reasons for not doing the right thing and a million excuses when we do wrong. If we believe The Poser's lies, it's just a matter of time till we can no longer remember the truth about our own hollowness. As John put it: "If we claim that we're free of sin, we're only fooling ourselves. A claim like that is errant nonsense(bullcrap)."

One of my most epic battles in life is the battle for me! I have been the biggest liar to myself, and have convinced ME of a lot of things that weren't true. I struggled a lot in my college days with failure, and I was convinced back then that I couldn't do much. My reaction to all that dishonesty and failure was that, I never lived for today, I was always in the mode of some other time and space, sort of like a black hole. The battle for my soul was being won by sin, because I didn't live my life one day at a time. I was the Poser of Posers!

Rachel's question: "Sometimes it just seems like being a poser is not something that we are able to overcome. I know I am always going to sin and fall short. But does that mean I will forever be a poser?"

What do you think? Is there hope? We talked some about grace last week, and hopefully you looked in to the story of the Prodigal Son. Do you have some days where you fall in that pit, do unspeakable things, and feel like a fake? Depressed yet? Know that the battle for your soul is raging right now, and you may read this and say, big deal. I pray, and so should you, that you listen to only one voice, His!