False Realities

After we are saved, we should no longer continue to think in the world's paradigms about others or ourselves. Often we stay stuck in our own flesh and lack, not living the overcoming life, because we do not see ourselves through the eyes of Jesus or through a Kingdom of God mentality.

There is no: 

rich or poor

cool or uncool

unvalued

unwanted

rejected

unpopular

poor

nerd

worthless

unsuccessful

unlucky

clumsy

stupid

ugly

ungifted

mess-up

boring

fearful

unrespected

helpless

orphan (literal or figurative)

desperate

failure

low class

unloved

unable

timid

The Lord has redeemed us. We are beloved. No one can call us those names or think badly about us, because they are now, a non-reality. There are no cool kids and non-cool kids in God's eyes; it is only a made up, man made structure to try and give false value, apart from the Lord. It doesn't exist.

We no longer have anything to prove (to ourselves, or others or ghosts from our past), because we have been approved by the ONE and ONLY Supreme approver. We can only give that power away when we let ourselves be placed back in those imaginary boxes and believe the lies of the enemy.

God has delivered us from every rejection, from every short coming, from every lack. He has and will equip us for every good work that He calls us to do. I will never be inadequate apart from the Lord, again! Hallelujah! 

And what of those friends, family, or strangers that with a look or word trigger that old fleshly thinking again? We can see that they are wrong. They need the Lord. They are using worldly paradigms to attempt to gain worth themselves, instead of being ministered to by the Lord. We don't have to get hurt, or mad or self-conscious, or go back to that idea of the person we were before Jesus. We can pray for them, speak the truth in love to them, walk on by with a smile and a nod and know who we are in the Lord. And once WE are free, we also never have to put other people in those boxes either. We know the truth about ourselves so we can see value in each person, no matter how different they are from us or from the “societal norm”. We can see them through Jesus' eyes...wanted, beloved, fearfully and wonderfully made.... Our value no longer depends on devaluing or impressing someone else. We are in God's Kingdom now!

It is not enough to know it, we must repent of our harsh thoughts toward ourselves or others. We have to see the damage we do, and the lies we tell. We have to cry out for His thoughts about us, His truth, His sufficiency, His deliverance. Lord show us all who we are in You and who you created us to be, let our thoughts, mouths and lives reflect that truth. Amen.