God is so amazing. I know that goes without saying, but each day in His Word brings new life to my soul.
While studying through "Search For Significance" by Robert McGee, a scripture jumped off the pages and landed right in my heart. Act 13:39 says, "And through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses." This promise and proclamation of truth is exactly what God wants for me right now. He wants me to be free from all things. Actually I am already free because God has erased my sin and declared me as righteous and innocent by the very blood of my Savior. Unfortunately, I haven't lived there in that freedom, by truly trusting and believing this truth.
For 46 years I have lived with my past, and worried about my future. Today I struggle. I am driven to perfection, performance and approval. God in His completely infinite grace (which I know I have tested) never gives up on me. He quietly and faithfully walks with me, always ready to step in and take over.
The only way to live out this truth is to challenge my past paradigms that I have believed and lived under. Thankfully, God's truth is challenging those beliefs. It is like I am seeing the hope for life in all its fullness for the very first time. Will there be dark moments? Sure. Will I struggle? Definitely. Will there be days that I feel depressed...when God is so quiet that I fear His abandonment? Absolutely. Now with more of His truth hidden in my heart, I can rely on and challenge my old ways in order to live out this new life.
This is a new day, full of God's love and freedom. I am free from my past, free from Satan's schemes, free from guilt, free from shame, free from destructive thoughts, free from past patterns of behavior, free from worry. This is not because of my faith, but because God has declared this to be true.
There is no greater worship that I can give my Papa than to live out each day in His love and freedom. Allowing my life to speak for Him and His glory is reducing my desire for significance. The only significance that is mine is that I am Papa's little girl. I belong to Him. He is mine.
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