Most things can be misleading due to their packaging. Beautiful packaging can hide terrible content, and unpleasant packaging can contain something beautiful.
Many of us can agree that what we see on the outside, such as packaging, can sometimes be different from what's inside. Our mistakes in life often stem from accepting things at face value and foolishly believing that appearances accurately represent what's inside. Unfortunately, we live in a world where honesty has been replaced with dishonesty. Experience has taught us the valuable lesson of looking before we leap.
I want to tell someone this morning, "Please remember, not everything that glitters is gold." It's important to carefully examine anything that seems like a fresh start, a great deal, a new relationship, a job offer, or anything else. Your responsibility is to do thorough research, ask questions, and focus on substance rather than appearance. In the end, it's the substance that you'll have to deal with, not the temporary attractive packaging.
Jesus Christ gave us a great principle that, if followed, will allow us to recognize content over packaging. Jesus said, "You will know them by their fruit" (Matthew 7:16).
The fruit of anything is a telltale sign of not only the contents but also defines whatever it is producing that particular fruit. For example, an apple can only be made by an apple tree. In other words, the fruit is just the evidence of what tree produced it.
I don't know who you are, but you must grasp this understanding. Your decision to follow the packaging will force you to deal with unnecessary content.
Unfortunately, most folks tolerate the undesired contents with the hope that they'll be exposed to the packaging again...........
My mother repeatedly told me, "A little can tell you what a lot will be like."
My words of wisdom to you on this beautiful morning. Focus on the fruit produced by that person, place, or thing. As a reminder, a fruit is the result of a seed. Hence, what they're consistently producing reveals who they really are. And at the same time, warning you that their packaging is a mere distraction from their contents.
~Kevin L A Ewing~
