"I have to perform to be loved and accepted." is our Lie # 8
I have learned something in the past few months that I have read, heard and studied before but never really forced it to change my thinking. I have learned that there is nothing, zero, zip that I can do to earn anything from God whether it be a smile from heaven or a specific blessing. I have spent so much time thinking I was living for God yet burdening myself because of my sin. One minute I would feel like a true child of God and the next I would say something stupid and unkind. Of course when that happened I would swoop back down into feeling rather bad about myself. The real issue was that I couldn't give my all to a God whom (or so I thought) held condemnation for me and my imperfections. You guys have heard this before...it isn't new...God LOVES us. So why aren't we living it? Why are we still stuck on being accepted when we ARE accepted?
There are 2 answers so far that I have observed in myself and others- 1 is that we don't put our value in what God thinks but in what man thinks- 2 We think we are putting our value in God but are actually asking ourselves "Am I good enough?"
Obviously the first step to achieving this truth (Your value is not determined by what you do, but by how God views you) is realizing that there is a problem and identifying where we put our acceptance. What I did from there was basically focus my attention on God. All the time. Every morning I would pull out a book, the Bible, or a study; anything to jolt myself OFF myself! ;)
This choosing to be with Him is NOT voluntary! You guys don't have to do it like me per se, but God will bring things into the light. He will bring your eyes to truth whether you choose to focus on Him in the morning or the evening, through a book or through staring out the window at His creation. I have become so desirous of His will for me that I find peace in merely doing the dishes. It's a wonderful place to be in...friends, guys, parents, ourselves...none of those can give us such a complete joy and such a complete contentment.
1 Peter 3:3-4
Ephesians 2:9
1 Corinthians 10:31
XoXo
Faith Mae
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How I long to be content in this way! God's goodness is more then I can comprehend and you have done an excellent job in explaining to me the ways to practice that contentment. You are such a blessing to me, Faith and my precious friend!
"It's a wonderful place to be in...friends, guys, parents, ourselves...none of those can give us such a complete joy and such a complete contentment."
That is so true and yet so hard to live. I am constantly having to say that to myself because it is sooo easy to get carried away by the things on earth and in our life, trying to get eternal joy out of them, when it is truly only God who can do that for us.
Thank you for the reminder Faith; anything and everything that brings us closer to him is one step forward. :)
Julia-
It is definitely a process. I had to fail a million times before I finally opened my eyes (as the Lord allowed) and could live the truth. By no means, however, have I reached perfection. There are still times where I'm devoting way too much attention to myself.
Be encouraged friend, at least our Lord has made it possible for us to come closer and closer to Him!
XoXo
Mama-
Mmmmm...I love you! *cuddles*
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