“Too Good To be True”
– Sinner Saved by Grace-
– Redeeming Love-
– New Creation-
– Saved –
– Forgiven –
So
often we use these phrases to describe a work that Christ has done in
us. Although they bring Joy for a moment as hope begins to stir that
“it might be true”, I have watched Christians refuse time after time,
me included, what these phrases truly mean… what they truly say about
us.
I know that the word I am about to use is often used by the church,
and therefore it is easy to be desensitized to it, but Reality (God’s
Reality, not our logic) being what it is, we are ROYALTY. We started
out that way at the beginning of creation, and I believe it is God’s
full intent to make sure that ” as many as will receive Him” come to the
fullest understanding (as possible) of what this word, this Identity,
truly means for our lives.
God has been talking to me a lot lately about Reality. That
“Reality” in its truest form is HIS REALITY. Living in anything other
that that Reality is like living in an illusion. Unfortunately, until
we get to Heaven ” We will only know in part”. However, just as I
believe it is part of God’s goal and desire, from the moment we say “yes
/ I do” to receiving Jesus as our Identity, for us to understand that
we entered into a Royal family, I also believe He is constantly working
to open our eyes, and “clear the fog” so that His reality, True Reality,
becomes our own.
Over the last several months God has taught my heart to dream and
believe again…. to believe that I am (and WE ARE) worth something,
truly priceless, to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. I am learning
that my dreams, my desires, for the Kingdom, are the Reality of God.
Graham Cooke talks about Dreaming with God. After listening to His
sermon on this topic the other day, God began to pour some things into
my spirit. Since then whenever I have thought about these new truths I
can hardly contain the yearning inside of me.
You see, it isn’t enough to just say the words ” I am Royalty”, “I
am a daughter / son of God”. So often we stop there, but if we do and
refuse to see and believe the power behind those words, we are selling
God short and living for a reality less than what God created us to live
for.
I know as Christians there is a Holy Fear that we are supposed to
have, of becoming too proud, of forgetting that “we are but dust”, of
forgetting where we came from. However, when this “Holy Fear” begins to
tell us we are less than who God says we are in the moment that we
receive Him, that “Holy Fear” is no longer Holy, but just fear itself.
“God has not given us a spirit of Fear”.
I know it is a frightening place at times to truly believe that God
does look down at our blood washed spirits and sees NOT the gory mess
that once defined our lives, but instead sees His son. If we really did
understand this, what would it mean for our lives? To believe that He
truly made you for greatness, made you for Glory, made you for
extraordinary things. I, like many of you, walk on this ground with much
fear and trembling because I don’t want to think too much of myself… I
truly want to be humble and thankful for what He has done. However, so
often we, (I’m talking about me here as well) pendulum swing in our
“humility” to seeing ourselves, thinking of ourselves, as less than He
does.
I have learned recently that telling God “no”, with the excuse of
“I’m not good enough for that”, or even “I’m a sinner God”, when God
offers you a new Identity and an opportunity for greatness is actually
false humility. For, who am I to tell God what He can and cannot do
with the life I say I have offered to Him, or greater yet, the life He
made in the first place.
He says we are Sons and Daughters of God. Now, look at Jesus, “His
only begotten Son”. He is glory itself… power in its truest and
purest form… hope… love…. faithfulness…. and the list truly goes
on and on. Now, please hear my heart, I am in no way comparing myself
to Jesus in that I am, “The GREAT I AM”, however I don’t think God took
it lightly when He used the same word ” sons / daughters of God” when
describing us, when He gave the same title of “Son” to Jesus as well.
He made us for Glory. We fell from it, but He gave us Jesus to live
in us, to cover us, to BE our identity… and to even “do greater
things than He did”. Continuously saying I am a sinner…. is saying
“my identity shines greater than that of Jesus'”, which you were washed
in. Continuing to be hung up on who we were, in living in a place of
fear, instead of humble and thankful remembrance, is selling God short!
It is living for less than He made us to live for.
The Reality of God says you are Royalty, A Son or Daughter of the most High, Cherished,… Beloved. It’s who you are now!!!
Not believing this, and ALL that God intended it to be for our lives, is to “lack the power of the Holy spirit and to deny the full GIFT of Christ. Not believing this is living in ignorance of Grace and true Redemptions power!” (Something my mom once said 🙂
So often we live by our own understanding / logic. Well, God isn’t logical… He is Wise. We have to stop trying to understand it all the time… as if understanding will make us worthy (or in some cases unworthy)… because if understanding is our goal… short of love and grace…. it’s hopeless, and it won’t make sense, and the GIFT of Royalty will only become a burden of frustration, bitterness and anger.
Take
the humility, it will push you to Glory, because you will have a
greater dependency on Him as you recall that ” you are but dust”, and
yet somehow made for greatness, but it’s time to start living as Sons
and daughters of a King… THE KING!!!
You are valuable, creative, unique! Not in you’re own right… but
because He says so!! By His Grace, you ARE a Royal Priesthood. A Most
Beloved Son or Daughter, called to show Him off well as you live a life
“made for Glory”.
Once we truly get this, not only will you be an unstoppable force
for the Kingdom of God, but your life will be a testimony that God is
who He says that He is, and that He CAN do what He says He can do…. A
Miracle worker…. making a miracle out of the lives of both You and
I!
It isn’t too good to be true… It’s what He wants for our lives… it is what we were truly created for!
