Your Character Is Your Identity

Character is identity: the sum of habits, choices and principles that shape how we respond to God, people and life. Reputation may open a door, but character keeps it open, and it is character that qualifies a believer for promotion, divine assignments and eternal reward. Drawing on Matthew 9:36, 1 Peter 3:8 and Jude 22, it presents compassion as a cultivated way of life rather than words, and uses Luke 6:38 to show that what we give, whether love, joy or help, is returned in good measure.