God is working on my heart! One the race we’ve been talking about our identities a lot and how to be rooted in who God says we are. Here’s a concept I’m learning right now— to speak life over myself, not death. To proclaim truth over my life.
It’s more than just about being positive and thinking happy thoughts. It’s about speaking scripture and biblical truth over my life.
Growing up, I’ve known Jesus loves me. I know Genesis 1:27 says God created the world and created me in His image. I know that Psalm 139:14 says I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I know that I am a child of God. I know I am the daughter of the King of Kings.
But the thing is.. I only KNOW these things. They’re in my head, sitting in my brain because that’s what I’ve grown up hearing over and over in church. But honestly, they’re not always resting in my heart. It’s not always easy to fully BELIEVE that I am chosen, worthy, beautiful, bold, strong, etc. However, that’s exactly who God says I am. So, in an effort to change what I KNOW into what I BELIEVE, I am beginning to speak those things over myself by taking scripture and reading it out loud. It’s easier to believe something that is voiced aloud rather than just hearing it in your head. So I’m going to speak it till I believe it.
Here’s an example of what I mean.. I looked at the fruits of the spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). And knowing that I have the Holy Spirit inside of me (Romans 8:11), I can proclaim that I am a woman capable of obtaining every characteristic of the Spirit.
I have the right to say….
“I am a woman of love.
I am a woman of joy.
I am a woman of peace.
I am a woman of patience
I am a woman of kindness
I am a woman of goodness
I am a woman of faithfulness
I am a woman of gentleness
and I am a woman of self control.”
Isn’t that POWERFUL?! Those are some true identity-forming statements that I get to define myself by. And I know this is true because it’s what the Bible says. It’s an unshakable identity!!
Jodi, my squad mentor, said to us, “when we look horizontally (at the world) to find our identity, it will always be distorted. But when we look vertically (to God) our identity will not be shaken.”
The cool part is that Galatians 5:22-23 is just the beginning. There’s so many other scriptures I can speak over myself. In fact, everything in the Bible that describes Jesus can also describe me. Now don’t get me wrong.. i’m not at all Jesus!! But I am made in God’s image, I am made in the likeness of Jesus and I have the Holy Spirit in me. I get to reflect Jesus and be his vessel, which means I can proclaim His character over myself as well.
The goal in speaking life over myself is to hear truth and process it even more. The hope is that the things I know to be true in my HEAD will move to full belief in my HEART. I’m tired of only KNOWING who I am. I want to BELIEVE in my heart everything God says I am. So, here’s to speaking life over myself because it’s the best way I know how to go about this head-to-heart process!!!!
