Before I formed you...I...approved of you." Jeremiah 1:5 AMP
Spiritually speaking, you're probably not as far up the road as
you'd like to be - but thank God you're still on the road! At one time
you were a stranger to God's grace, now you belong to the 'household of
faith.' Paul writes: "You received the word...not as the word of men,
but...the word of God, which...effectively works in you who believe"
(1Th 2:13 NKJV). Did you get that? As long as you keep believing it,
God's Word will keep working in you. Plus, you'll mature faster when
you stop being so hard on yourself, learn to relax and start living by
what God's Word says about you - not how you feel!
How you see yourself affects your spiritual progress. Until your
self-concept lines up with God's concept of you as revealed in His Word,
you'll keep seeing yourself as inferior and unworthy - and that will
retard your spiritual growth. Nobody knows you like God does. And in
spite of your struggles and stumblings, He loves and accepts you just as
you are. God told Jeremiah, "Before I formed you...I knew...and approved
of you." Stop worrying about being rejected when you don't 'perform'
perfectly. The world operates like that, but not God. Plus, if you were
as perfect as you'd like to be you wouldn't need His grace, right? Like
Jacob's limp, sometimes God leaves flaws in us to remind us how much we
need Him each day. So enjoy where you are now, and don't compare
yourself with other people. Don't worry if they're further along than
you. They went through the same places to get to where they are today
Spiritually speaking, you're probably not as far up the road as
you'd like to be - but thank God you're still on the road! At one time
you were a stranger to God's grace, now you belong to the 'household of
faith.' Paul writes: "You received the word...not as the word of men,
but...the word of God, which...effectively works in you who believe"
(1Th 2:13 NKJV). Did you get that? As long as you keep believing it,
God's Word will keep working in you. Plus, you'll mature faster when
you stop being so hard on yourself, learn to relax and start living by
what God's Word says about you - not how you feel!
How you see yourself affects your spiritual progress. Until your
self-concept lines up with God's concept of you as revealed in His Word,
you'll keep seeing yourself as inferior and unworthy - and that will
retard your spiritual growth. Nobody knows you like God does. And in
spite of your struggles and stumblings, He loves and accepts you just as
you are. God told Jeremiah, "Before I formed you...I knew...and approved
of you." Stop worrying about being rejected when you don't 'perform'
perfectly. The world operates like that, but not God. Plus, if you were
as perfect as you'd like to be you wouldn't need His grace, right? Like
Jacob's limp, sometimes God leaves flaws in us to remind us how much we
need Him each day. So enjoy where you are now, and don't compare
yourself with other people. Don't worry if they're further along than
you. They went through the same places to get to where they are today
Remember you are blessed and meant to be a blessing!
Amen our Brother in Christ. We each need to start believing what God's word says about us and stop believing those feelings that tend to mislead us. If you see yourself as victorious, then you will be victorious. It is said that “in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us (Romans 8:37),” but we have to first believe that we are a conqueror before we can be “more than” one. God has not yet made an inferior product; neither has his blessings been incomplete. As children of God, we are truly blessed and meant to be a blessing to others. Awesome word.
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KW