There are countless
lies that we’ve told ourselves; so many more we keep telling ourselves and
there are so many we’ve believed about ourselves. These lies have had their
roots go so deep within that to break free from them is like a part of us will
be taken away from us. We have internalized some of these lies to the extent
that we have accepted and believed they are part of us. Some of these lies have
to do with you not being worthy of God’s love and all the blessings He has freely
bestowed on you, you feel you need to do something perfect for God to answer
your prayers, you feel you don’t qualify for many things in life etc. At times
we even believe the bad things happening to us is punishment from God. God is
our loving Father and He is the Author of our union with Him (Ephesians 1:3-16).
No wonder Apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans said we should not be conformed
to the standards of this world but we should be transformed by the renewing of our
minds…(Romans 12:2). Only the Word of God (John 1:1) can transform our minds. When
we are battling insecurity and self worth, it’s because we told ourselves we
couldn’t measure up to some people and thus we put ourselves in an inferior
position than they. Look at yourself in the mirror and say “I am worthy because
Jesus lives in this body”. No matter how many times in an hour you have to say
that to yourself, do it. Our identity as believers is found in none other than
Christ. He identified with us when He took up humanity in Himself and thus
leveling every ground of self worth and insecurity. Your physical look does not
define you. Your face will wrinkle as a result of age, you will retire from
your job, there is absolutely no guarantee in fame because you are cheered
today and tomorrow you’re booed and made mockery of. Everything you ever told
yourself which is not CHRIST LIVING IN YOU
is false. Jesus became all that we are when he took on the nature of man and
became incarnate in His mother’s womb and at His resurrection, ascension and
seating at the right hand of the Father we became like Him because we have His life in us(2 Corinthians 5:21,
Romans 4:25, 2 Corinthians 8:9). Take note that in 2 Corinthians 8:9 ‘poor’
does not refer to material wealth, it is when a man is ruled by his own senses,
he lacks knowledge of his identity and everything that concerns his inheritance
in Christ and so Jesus took up that nature that we might become ‘rich’ that is,
ruled by the Spirit of God who is now teaching us all that we are and have as
inheritance through our union with Christ Jesus. For the truth of the Gospel to
have its proper place in our lives, we have to discard all these lies we have
dwelled on for so long and let Jesus Christ is who the life in us teach us
through the Holy Spirit in us. Everyday, look at yourself in the mirror and tell
that person you see there that ‘I am one with Christ and He is my life, I am not
defined by the things I have or my achievements because I am defined by what
God is persuaded about me. I have been set free from my past and my only life
now is Jesus Christ. I have been given all things in Him and I am a partaker of
God’s nature (2 Corinthians 5:17, Colossians 3:3, Romans 8:1).
You’re
Blessed!!!
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