In the first post: Who am I…? I shared about some of the revelations I had about myself and the lies I told myself every day.
Lies are tricky suckers to nail down. That is why they are able to permeate our beliefs and our existence. They wriggle their way into our everyday routines and become our truth. Then comes the difficult task of sorting lies from truth. How do we pick apart what we believe and see if it is a lie or truth?
There is only one place to go. The one source of complete truth, The Word of God.
THE BIBLE
I have been trying to determine where the source of my lies came from and what I need to do to remove them from my life. What steps should I take. Should I seek advice, read books, or even seek counseling? I was trying to fix my lies by analyzing and thinking through a solution. I learned a couple months ago that sometimes my analytical, thinker mind needs to let the feelings and intuition from what I encounter to help me heal.
I needed to ask myself how these lies made me feel. What was I experiencing in my heart when I believed them? I needed to sit with my Daddy and seek His Truth about who I am.
I began to read and meditate on the word. What did the Bible, the Word of God, have to say about each of my lies?
I am not ugly!!
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. – Genesis 1:27
I am created in the image of God. And one thing I know from countless experiences with Him, He is very beautiful. If I am made to look like and represent Him, then I am so beautiful.
I am not disgusting!!
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. – I John 1:9
No matter what I have done in the past, I am forgiven. I have been cleansed from ALL unrighteousness. I no longer need to cling to the things of the past that lie about my worthiness. I am a new and forgiven man, because I have confessed all my sins.
I am good enough!!
Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you. – Isaiah 43:4
In Isaiah God is talking about the people of Israel here, but it is also a prophetic statement about God eventually sacrificing one Man in exchange for me. He honors me and loves me, because I am precious to him. If I am that cared for and precious to the God of the universe, I am definitly good enough for the people I encounter every day.
I have plenty to offer!!
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. – Ephesians 2:10
God has created works in me to offer others. He knew that there would be a purpose in the future that only I could fulfill. He is just waiting on me to walk in it.
I love people!!
We love because God first loved us.Whoever says, “I love God,” but hates his brother is a liar. The one who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love the God whom he has not seen. – I John 4:19-20
This verse tells me straight out, if I love God then I must love others. Otherwise it is a lie. So yes, I love people. Sometimes they don’t agree with me, but I still love their individuality, creativity, and beauty.
I AM WORTHY OF BEING LOVED!!!!
The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. – Zephaniah 3:17
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. – Romans 8:37-39
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. – Romans 5:8
The God in heaven and on earth, the God who lives in each and every believer has shown such love for me. Romans says that NOTHING can separate me from His love. If someone so powerful went through so much trouble to guarantee me love, I think that shows I am worth being loved.
I have so many people that love me. My friends and family have loved me so well. It has been the lies of the devil creeping in and twisting the lessons I have learned over the years into lies. The lies that have made me believe I am something other than me. The lies that kept me from living to my full potential. The lies that have held me outside the works that my Daddy in heaven has for me to accomplish.
Well now i have ammunition against these lies. Ammunition I can use day in and day out to fight against the lies. I have words. The words of my friends, the words of my family, and the Word of my Father. I have the TRUTH.
