Psalm 34:4-5
I sought the Lord and He answered my cry and delivered me from all my fears. They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.
Because of Christ's redemption, I am a new creation of infinite worth. I am deeply loved, I am completely forgiven, I am fully pleasing, I am totally accepted by God. I am absolutely complete in Christ. When my performance reflects my new identity in Christ, that reflection is dynamically unique. There has never been another person like me in the history of mankind, nor will there ever be. God has made me an original, one of a kind, really somebody! (from Search for Significance LIFE Support Edition)
It's so hard to really believe this. We can say we believe, but the truth is.... we ACT on what we truly BELIEVE. So, if I don't act like I am of "infinite worth"......... wow.......... "infinite worth"................. wow.......... do I really believe it? If my worth and identity are found in being the "perfect" mom or wife or friend or "whatever" based on the approval of others then I am not truly believing the above affirmation in its entirety. I personally can say that I truly believe that I am accepted by God. I truly believe and "get" that... but fully pleasing? complete? dynamically unique?
Sweet Loving Lord,
I believe. Help my unbelief.
I love You, too!
J
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Ya know how we like to say to God 'if you never did another thing for me, the cross was more than enough and I will always love you no matter my life circumstance'.... to me this is blog thought is kinda the God version of saying 'right back at ya'. There is nothing more I can do to please Him. All He asked was that I receive and accept the sacrifice of the cross. Once that is done...I CAN DO NOTHING TO MAKE HIM LOVE ME MORE OR MAKE ME MORE IMPORTANT IN HIS EYES. He knows that which needs to be refined in me and loves me as much now as He will when I have submitted each and every rough spot to Him for refining. The refining makes me love Him more, not Him love me more. It is so opposite of our fleshly understanding of love. We say 'if I change this about myself, or do this thing perfectly...people will like me more, love me more, accept me more' but that doesn't translate over to growing in a relationship with Christ. In this relationship, God is saying 'I cannot love you more, but let's walk this life together so you can some day see yourself as I see you...and along the way you will grow to love Me more and at the same time learn to see yourself as I see you....perfect in the blood of Christ.'
ReplyDeleteAnd here is the catch...only you can know when you are acting in this belief. Others can have their 'opinion' of whether or not you are acting in this belief ~ but they can only 'judge' from their outward impressions and fleshly perspective. This is one of my biggest struggles...reminding myself on a regular basis that it is not the opinion of others that determines when I am living out my belief of who I am in Christ ~ it is between me and God. When I lose sight of this, I begin striving once again and have to bring it back to the cross and let it go.