Your natural mind has a tendency to remember everything negative. These things can often define how your see yourself. But what if your mind was regularly reminded (flashback style) of the positive things Jesus has said about you?
What if you were regularly reminded of how He sacrificed everything on the cross because of His great love for you? What if you truly believed that you are valuable and worthy of God’s love because of Jesus? And not some future version of you, but the you He sees right now.
What if you could daily remember how He sees you, how He has given you a new life, how He has made you a new creation, how He tells you that the past doesn’t matter and that all things are made new in you life? You need to know that He sees you not based on what you have done but on Whose you are.
*By the way, God can and will remind you of all these things as you renew your mind with the Truth of His Word. You’ll never believe and embrace this stuff unless you let God speak it over you in Scripture. The lies that the world (or even your parents) have engrained in your heart are too great to overcome if you don’t replace them with the Truth.
Trust God With Who You Are Becoming
There is value in acknowledging the impact of our pasts. We can’t afford to downplay the power that the environment of our childhood has on our lives. That’s the beautiful (and tragic) thing about This Is Us. Again, it’s worth watching.
But each of us must make the daily choice to not let our pasts define us. Every day is new. Every day our God offers us the choice to walk in the truth of who He is and who He has made us to be. God is whispering this to each of us: “You are not who you used to be.”
May today be a day when we acknowledge the brokenness we inherited from the broken people who raised us. And then may we look to the only One who is able to truly restore us to who we were made to be. This is us, a redeemed people thankful to a Father who gives us hope for tomorrow. {eoa}
Adapted from infoforfamilies.com, a ministry founded by Barrett and Jenifer Johnson. After serving in the local church for 25 years, Barrett and Jenifer launched INFO for Families as a ministry designed to encourage people through speaking, personal coaching and resource development. Barrett served for 15 years in youth ministry before serving for eight years as the Family Minister at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Atlanta, one of the largest churches in the South. He has degrees from Texas A&M University and Southwestern Seminary, but he and Jenifer have received their best education through the no-holds-barred nature of everyday family life.
