Have you ever been told that you aren't good enough? I have. I used to listen. I used to believe that. I used to hate myself.
Until.....I met Jesus! Jesus changed everything for me!
I was told just 2 weeks ago that I wasn't good enough. That I didn't measure up. I was rejected.
I don't believe that any more! I don't believe that because Jesus whispers in my ear that that is a lie. Jesus whispers in my ear that I am good enough. Jesus whispers in my ear that I do measure up. Jesus whispers in my ear that He won't reject me. Shhhhh! Listen! Did you hear that? Jesus whispers in my ear..... Since I met Jesus and asked Him to be my Savior, I now know that the enemy tells me lies. The enemy wants to take me out. "The devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." I Peter 5:8. But God has something better.....
So now when someone tells me that I'm not good enough, when someone tells me that I don't measure up, when someone rejects me; I just laugh. And then Praise and Thanksgiving begin to flow out of me." "...let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of Praise." Hebrews 13:15. "...give thanks in all circumstances...." I Thessalonians 5:18.
You see, I now know the truth of who I am in Christ. And since I know the truth, I don't have to believe the lies any more. The truth: Would a Holy, Righteous God leave heaven and His perfect form to come down to this earth and take on a human body, live among sinners, be told He wasn't good enough, be told that He didn't measure up, be rejected, be persecuted, be beaten, hang on a cross, die and then come back to life for ME if I wasn't good enough? If I didn't measure up? If I deserved to be rejected?
I don't think so.
So now, anytime I am told that I am not good enough; anytime I am told that I don't measure up; anytime I am rejected; I laugh with glee because I know that since I am covered by the blood of Jesus, God sees me "white as snow". Jesus blood tells me that I am good enough, that I do measure up, that I am not rejected by God.
Isaiah 55:8 says, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. As the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is My Word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but willl accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands."
God's Word has come into my life and has accomplished what He has desired.....it has brought Joy and Peace to me, I see the mountains and hills bursting into song and the trees clapping their hands. God is using me because I know the truth.....I don't believe the lies anymore. I don't have to hide from the world, even though the world is telling me that I am inadequate. All Praise, Glory and Honor to God.....I Can Be ME! I can be the person God created ME to be. I can be that new creation in Christ. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come." II Corinthians 5:17.
So, let me ask you again. Have you ever been told you're not good enough? How you ever been told that you don't measure up? Have you ever been rejected? If your answer is yes, you have a choice.....you can listen to the lie OR you can listen to the truth. The truth being.....because of what Jesus did for you on the cross, you are good enough, you do measure up, you do not have to worry about rejection.
You see, I now know the truth of who I am in Christ. And since I know the truth, I don't have to believe the lies any more. The truth: Would a Holy, Righteous God leave heaven and His perfect form to come down to this earth and take on a human body, live among sinners, be told He wasn't good enough, be told that He didn't measure up, be rejected, be persecuted, be beaten, hang on a cross, die and then come back to life for ME if I wasn't good enough? If I didn't measure up? If I deserved to be rejected?
I don't think so.
So now, anytime I am told that I am not good enough; anytime I am told that I don't measure up; anytime I am rejected; I laugh with glee because I know that since I am covered by the blood of Jesus, God sees me "white as snow". Jesus blood tells me that I am good enough, that I do measure up, that I am not rejected by God.
Isaiah 55:8 says, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. As the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is My Word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but willl accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands."
God's Word has come into my life and has accomplished what He has desired.....it has brought Joy and Peace to me, I see the mountains and hills bursting into song and the trees clapping their hands. God is using me because I know the truth.....I don't believe the lies anymore. I don't have to hide from the world, even though the world is telling me that I am inadequate. All Praise, Glory and Honor to God.....I Can Be ME! I can be the person God created ME to be. I can be that new creation in Christ. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come." II Corinthians 5:17.
So, let me ask you again. Have you ever been told you're not good enough? How you ever been told that you don't measure up? Have you ever been rejected? If your answer is yes, you have a choice.....you can listen to the lie OR you can listen to the truth. The truth being.....because of what Jesus did for you on the cross, you are good enough, you do measure up, you do not have to worry about rejection.
Believe the Truth.....GOD LOVES YOU!
Throw off the lie.....GOD LOVES YOU!
GOD LOVES YOU! GOD LOVES YOU! GOD LOVES YOU! GOD LOVES YOU!
God has a plan for your life if you will only believe the truth and live out His Word.
"For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord.
Plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you a hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11
Encouraging You In Christ
All Praise, Honor and Glory To God!
Such beautiful words....because they are true!
ReplyDeleteAlways a good reminder. Thank you.
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