"You have a choice to continue in the lie you have been buying. If you see yourself as a saved sinner, you will always believe you are a disappointment to the Father. You’ll never be enough, and you will give yourself permission to fail over and over. Because that’s what someone like you does. You have to hide. You have to wear masks. And, it gets stronger and worse and more intense. It costs the people around you.
Or you can make a different choice, for moments at a time at first, to trust who God says you are. You are new. You are righteous. You are already forgiven. You are His beloved. And inside you dwells rightness, holiness, cleanliness, power and beauty. Jesus did this. Jesus did all that re-wiring in you the day you trusted Him on the cross." - from The Heart of Man devotional
Or you can make a different choice, for moments at a time at first, to trust who God says you are. You are new. You are righteous. You are already forgiven. You are His beloved. And inside you dwells rightness, holiness, cleanliness, power and beauty. Jesus did this. Jesus did all that re-wiring in you the day you trusted Him on the cross." - from The Heart of Man devotional
One day the Lord asked me, "Do you think my people marched around the fallen wall of Jericho again the day after it fell?" Well of course not!
At some point we have to start believing we really are victorious and free in Him. I would spend my days waking up feeling lost and it taking the whole day to get to a point of knowing and believing who He says I am...again. And some days still not getting there. Until He asked me that and He said, "What if you could wake up and start the day knowing you're free? Start the day knowing you're victorious and see the places we'll go." Victory and freedom are point "A" in Him. It's where we start. What a tragedy to waste our days just trying to get to the starting point.
At some point we have to start believing we really are victorious and free in Him. I would spend my days waking up feeling lost and it taking the whole day to get to a point of knowing and believing who He says I am...again. And some days still not getting there. Until He asked me that and He said, "What if you could wake up and start the day knowing you're free? Start the day knowing you're victorious and see the places we'll go." Victory and freedom are point "A" in Him. It's where we start. What a tragedy to waste our days just trying to get to the starting point.
