I am enough. I am smart. I am beautiful. God knows me (John
10:27). God holds my hand, takes me away, sweeps me away. God is proud of me. I
am good enough, God is strong enough.
Cut out the expectations within myself. I have to get rid of
them to grow. I have to find them and get them far away.
He answers my prayers. He hears me (Micah 7:7). He sees the
big pictures, he begins and ends. He brought me here, to this specific place,
for this specific reason.
Let’s boil it down:
realize how huge our God is and how limited I am without him.
Love. Trust. Joy.
Renewed and overwhelming peace.
He is teaching me how to grow, who to be. I am making a
difference. I can leave here in confidence that God used me for his kingdom.
I am good enough.
I am enough. I am enough. I am enough. I am enough!
I am loved. I am valued. I am good. I am truth. I am peace.
I am love. Of course, I am still learning each of these things, but God is
preparing. One extreme to the next, God is mine and I am his, alone. Only his.
He teaches me to be about others. Don’t be
concerned about comfort, but character.
Reveal your heart for our team, for our next month, for our
next week, Lord. You have us ask for things so you will be glorified in your timing.
Sweep me away, sweep us away.
What does it feel like
to be swept away?
I will not listen to the enemy. I will not believe lies. I
will believe truth and stand firm in God’s promises. My flesh cannot hold on to
me. I have crucified it with its passions and desires (Galatians 5:24).
When I want to give up, you give me another breath. When I
throw in the towel, you catch it and hold onto it for me.
I am not entitled to see the fruit of our labor. I already know he is at
work, promise. God’s story and
adventure for my life is best, the unseen truth, promise. I grow not in comfort, but in character, promise.
I know best? Yeah
right! His thoughts are not my thoughts, neither my ways his ways (Isaiah 55:8).
My identity is in him, I am adopted and I work together with the body.
God provides, don’t worry, all I need is him.
I am called to be fully dependent on Him, not the world. I am not entitled to expectations; expectations
are not truth. God is God. I am
who I am. I am called to die with Christ so that I can receive life (2 Corinthians
4:10). Rejoice in his promises. He makes me complete and will continue to until
he comes back again (Philippians 1:6).
And so, therefore,
bring it on!!!
A picture of our home. The church entrance is where I am standing to take the picture.
I found myself giving into the lies of the enemy.
Folks,
when we do that, we have to rebuke them. We have to shut them up and turn
towards truth. We find that truth in God’s word. We have to speak out the lies.
Use your friends, husband/wife, pastor, parents, coworkers, or whoever is around
you.
Sometimes we don’t even realize it’s a lie. We just replace
it for truth. Lies can come from wounds that happened during your childhood,
they can come from wounds of rejection, wounds of a church, places we may not
even realize.
Here is a simple example for you to understand: if you look
at yourself in the mirror everyday and think, ‘I am ugly’ that is what you believe because you have spoken that
over yourself every day. You have spoken death over your life on a daily basis,
sometimes without even realizing it.
So, look in the mirror and claim God’s truth, “You are all
together beautiful my love. There is no flaw in you� Song of Song 4:7. Speak it
UNTIL you believe it!
The lies I believe so often are: I do not have wisdom, I am
not smart, I am not good enough. I don’t know where they came from; I am still
processing through that. But I have to speak them out, I have to share them
with my team and others, and I have to claim truth over me.
I encourage you to do the same. Don’t give the enemy any
footholds in your life.
A picture of what is outside the church, next to the cows. Beautiful view. This is not the toilet we use.
