The first lie we were ever told was this:
who you are created to be isn't good enough.
That is the lie the reverberates throughout humanity.
It pushes us to greed, lust, envy, rage, violence, self-harm, identity crisis, divorce, hate, and all kinds of evil. We do anything in our power to become something better and if we can't achieve it we drown the feelings of inadequacy in whatever form of solace we can find - drink, drug, person, or career.
That is the lie that keeps us from accepting grace. It dresses up for different occasions. "You're not good enough to be loved." "You're too strong to ask for help." "Never admit weakness." "Do anything they ask to get their approval."
But the lie is always the same. "who you're created to be isn't good enough."
Satan, always crafty, told Adam and Eve (yeah Adam was there too, being a non-committal, buck-passing bum like so many of his progeny... myself included. Nothing like he was created to be.) "For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil (Genesis 3:5)." You don't need to settle for who God made you to be. You could be better. You could be just like him.
That is the lie the reverberates throughout humanity.
It pushes us to greed, lust, envy, rage, violence, self-harm, identity crisis, divorce, hate, and all kinds of evil. We do anything in our power to become something better and if we can't achieve it we drown the feelings of inadequacy in whatever form of solace we can find - drink, drug, person, or career.
That is the lie that keeps us from accepting grace. It dresses up for different occasions. "You're not good enough to be loved." "You're too strong to ask for help." "Never admit weakness." "Do anything they ask to get their approval."
But the lie is always the same. "who you're created to be isn't good enough."
Satan, always crafty, told Adam and Eve (yeah Adam was there too, being a non-committal, buck-passing bum like so many of his progeny... myself included. Nothing like he was created to be.) "For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil (Genesis 3:5)." You don't need to settle for who God made you to be. You could be better. You could be just like him.
Here's my challenge to you today: Don't believe the lie.
God created you in his image. The true story of your life is that you have been made as a portrait of God, by God. Sin has gotten in the way. It has lied to you, told you things and told other people things that have hurt you. It has confused your identity. But God made you in his image, and He passionately desires to redeem you. He died for it. He rose again for it.
God never lets bad things stay bad.
No matter how many lies you have believed or how many mistakes you have made God can redeem you into the person He created you to be. He sent his Holy Spirit - the third person of the trinity - like a loving mother, to comfort you and guide you, to transform you.
Don't believe the lies. Proclaim the true story over yourself.
Who you were made to be is much better than good enough. It is a self-portrait of God being remade by the Holy Spirit in you.
