Do you see yourself as limited in some way? Do you think of
yourself as being less than what you think you should be? If so sweet friend,
may I remind you to pause a moment and know that your negative attitude will
quickly change when you begin to see yourself in the light of how God sees you.
Though sin certainly stains and tarnishes our life in many ways, God sees us
the way that you and I were created to be and not defined by our events, wrong
choices and circumstances. He knows that we are all sinners and fall short
because the scriptures tell us in Romans 5:8, “But God demonstrates his own
love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us”. He did
not wait for us to repent of sin, get perfect or do anything at all to love us,
He just loved us. Even while we are at our worse, He died for us because he
loves us that much. When He looks at us,
He see the potential that He created in us to have.
Now with that being said, it is up to us to make the effort
towards reaching that potential, but even in our frailties and weakness, God
sees in us the best that we “can be”, when surrendered to His will. His, very
word encourages us to renew our minds to His way of thinking and that we put on
the new man, which is the new nature that God places in us, as we turn to
Christ in repentance for salvation. For it is that new nature in us that seeks
to be like God in true righteousness and holiness according to Ephesians
4:23-24. It is the new nature that allows us to see things as God sees them.
The Bible says that our ways and our thoughts are not His. But once we receive
that new man or new nature that comes from God, the dimness of how we see
ourselves becomes ever so clear to us and we become humbled and grateful to God
for His deep and caring love. Since God’s love for us is so immeasurable, we
need never to feel alone, unloved or unimportant, even in our darkest moments.
For it is in those times that God is trying to turn our attention to Him. Once
we surrender our all to Him, how we view ourselves and others will change and a
sweet peace and joy will replace those negative feelings that the old sinful
nature in us is fighting to have its way. “Humble yourselves before the Lord,
and he will lift you up.” James 4:10
Loving on you today,
Bren
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