You see, he is the accuser. He is the one that speaks against our lives and our destiny - not the one that speaks for us. He has a sly way of infiltrating our thought life. Most of the time, people can't "see" our issues, but they can "hear" them in everything we say and they can "feel" them in everything we do.
I don't know how you got your lies. Was there someone that labeled you a certain way? Was there guilt that came from something you did or did not do? Was there a small, tiny seed of fear planted into your life a long time ago? What ever the way the lies came to you, they were all written by the same author. The Enemy, the Devil, Satan. The father of lies. The accuser of the brethren, the adversary, the thief, the destroyer, the murderer. Are you allowing him to write your story? If so, I urge you to change authors today!
So, now you know that everyone has something they are dealing with. I want to encourage you to label yours. Really identify what is in your thought closet. Dig around in your mind and pull out all those negative words or labels and lay them out for you to see. I will suggest to you, once they are brought out into the light, they lose their power. Once they are confronted and exposed, they lose their power. How come, because the light of truth has shined upon them.
Alright, they are laid out before you. You have identified them. Now I want you to pick them up and bring them to Jesus. I want you to ask Him specifically what he thinks about that label in relationship to your life and who you are in Him. If you will ask Him, He will show you through His Word how He sees you. There is power in learning who you are in Christ. You see, I believe you will be surprised to find out how disgusted those labels make Him.
Here are a few resources for you to go to in order to find scripture that tells you who you are and how God sees you:
- www.joycemeyer.org/Ourministries/everydayanswers
- http://www.changinglives.org/LifeSolutions/GodsPromisesForEveryNeed/tabid/2424/Default.aspx
You are His daughter, created in His image, a princess. He loves you. He realizes that the enemy has been wanting to destroy you with your thought closet. He has been waiting for you to ask for a make-over!
OK, you have taken the first two steps: identified the lies and found truth statements from the scripture. Now you can make progress. Next time we will discuss the next steps in over coming the fabric of our lives. Applying the Word to your life in a practical way and pulling down the falsehoods of your life.
In the next week, start meditating on the following verse. Start deciphering what this verse actually says. When you do, you will start to change the way you think.
"May the words of MY mouth, and these meditations of MY heart, be acceptable in YOUR sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer." Psalm 19:14
Be Encouraged,
Stephanie!
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