IT IS TIME TO LISTEN TO WHO GOD SAYS YOU ARE, NOT THE WORLD.
9/5/2019
I HAVE BEEN CONTEMPLATING WHY SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY ARE STRUGGLING WITH WHO THEY ARE. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE SO MANY FORCES TELLING US WHO WE NEED TO BE, HOW WE SHOULD LOOK, WHAT A PERFECT LIFE LOOKS LIKE, AND WHAT WE SHOULD PLACE OUR TRUST AND BELIEF IN. SOCIAL MEDIA IS A FUN OUTLET TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE UP TO IN THEIR LIVES, BUT IT ALSO HAS A DARKER SIDE OF CREATING EXPECTATIONS AND FEELINGS OF MISSING OUT WHEN YOUR OWN LIFE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE ALL YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE. RECENTLY I READ AN ARTICLE ON HOW OUR GOVERNMENT AND MANY OTHERS ARE, OR WANT TO CREATE A SOCIAL GRADING SCALE THAT WILL DEFINE WHO PEOPLE ARE, AND CONTROL THEIR ACTIVITIES AND THEIR FREEDOMS. DOES IT REALLY SOUND GOOD TO LABEL PEOPLE’S VALUE BASED ON THEIR INTERESTS, THEIR SOCIAL GROUPS, OR THEIR INDIVIDUALITY ? I’M NOT GOING TO GET INTO ALL THE VARIOUS POINTS OF VIEW ON THIS TOPIC BECAUSE GOD TRULY WANTS ME TO BE FOCUSED ON SHARING HIM ! WHO HE IS, AND WHO HE WANTS US TO BE IN HIM ! HE IS THE HIGHEST POWER WE HAVE IN OUR LIVES. HE CREATED US, HE CREATED OUR WORLD, AND YET MANY REJECT HIM AND WOULD RATHER LISTEN TO THE FOLLY OF MEN THAN SEEK THE VOICE AND LOVE OF GOD. I AM WRITING TODAY TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHO GOD SAYS YOU ARE, AND WHO THE WORLD SAYS YOU ARE. IT IS CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE IT WILL SHOW YOU THE HEART OF WHO GOD IS, AND THE DEPTH OF HIS LOVE FOR YOU ! IT WILL ALSO MOST IMPORTANTLY SET YOU ON A PATH WHERE GOD DEFINES YOUR IDENTITY, NOT THE WORLD AND ITS CURRENT CULTURE AND SOCIAL NORMS. ONCE YOU TRUST GOD IN THIS, YOU ARE TRULY FREE AND FILLED WITH JOY.
BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO HAS BLESSED US WITH EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES IN CHRIST, JUST AS HE CHOSE US IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLAME BEFORE HIM IN LOVE, HAVING PREDESTINED US TO ADOPTION AS SONS BY JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF, ACCORDING TO THE GOOD PLEASURE OF HIS WILL, TO THE PRAISE OF THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE BY WHICH HE HAS MADE US ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED. IN HIM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS ACCORDING TO THE RICHNESS OF HIS GRACE. Ephesians 1 : 3-7
I WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH THE SAD NEWS OF ANOTHER YOUNG PERSON STRUGGLING IN THEIR IDENTITY HAVING CHOSEN TO TAKE THEIR LIFE. IT HAPPENS FAR TOO OFTEN, AND IT IS WAY PAST TIME TO TRUST THE POWERS THAT BE IN OUR WORLD TO FIND A SOLUTION. GOD IS THE SOLUTION, AND YET MUCH OF THE WORLD AND THOSE IN PLACES OF POWER HAVE REJECTED HIM AND PREFER TO TRUST IN THEIR OWN INTELLECT. WELL, LET ME SHARE WHO GOD SAYS YOU ARE :
I AM ALIVE IN CHRIST EPHESIAN 2:5 I AM GOD’S MASTERPIECE EPHESIAN 2:1 I AM CHOSEN 1 PETER 2:9 I AM TREASURED DEUTERONOMY 14:2 I AM HANDPICKED JEREMIAH 1:5 I AM PRECIOUS ISAIAH 43:4 CHRIST LIVES IN ME 1 CORINTHIANS 12:27 I AM WORTH DYING FOR ROMANS 5:7-9 I AM MADE IN GOD’S IMAGE GENESIS 1:27 I AM FORGIVEN 1 JOHN: 1-9 I AM SET FREE ROMANS 6:18 I AM A CHILD OF GOD 1 JOHN 3:1 I AM SECURE 2 CORINTHIANS 1:22 I AM LOVED 1 JOHN 4:19 I AM REJOICED OVER ZEPHANIAH 3:17 I AM HEALED BY HIS STRIPES 1 PETER 2:24 GOD LIVES IN ME JOHN 4:4 I HAVE A SOUND MIND 2 TIMOTHY 1:17 I AM VALUABLE 1 CORINTHIANS 6:20 I HAVE GOD’S PEACE PHILIPPIANS 4:7 THE DEVIL FLEES FROM ME JAMES: 4-7 I HAVE THE SAME MIND AS CHRIST PHILIPPIANS 2:5 I AM NOT FORSAKEN PSALM 94:14 I AM WORTH MORE THAN RUBIES PROVERBS 31:10 I AM WONDERFULLY MADE PSALM 139:14 I AM A JOINT HEIR WITH CHRIST ROMANS 8:17 I AM A FRIEND OF CHRIST JOHN: 15-16 I AM AN AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST CORINTHIANS 5:20 I AM A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 1 CORINTHIANS 6:19
HALLELUIAH ! THIS IS WHO GOD SAYS WE ARE IN HIS WORD. I IMPLORE YOU TO STOP LISTENING TO WHO THE WORLD SAYS YOU ARE, AND INSTEAD SEE YOURSELF AS GOD SEES YOU ! GOD CAN SEE YOU SO CLEARLY, BECAUSE HE MADE YOU ! SEEK HIM AND GET CLOSE TO HIM. HIS LOVE IS ENDLESS AND JOYOUS AND FULL OF LIFE ! HE GAVE US HIS SON THAT WE MIGHT BE ALL HE WANTS US TO BE ! TRUST HIM, ABIDE IN HIM, AND BE BATHED IN HIS LIVING WATERS :)
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH ON HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. JOHN 3:16
BELIEVE, TRUST, AND ABIDE/ PEACE BE YOURS/JA
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