“I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
Philippians 4:12-13 KJV
Things we learned, the things we experienced in our past can have a profound effect on our lives. There are many of us that still carry the marks of our past. Messages of our past that were not true then and are not true today. We hear the old tapes in our head about how we are not good enough. We are never going to amount to anything. We are hopelessly lacking and will never reach our dreams or goals. Then there is the old stand by, you have never been loved by anyone!
Bunk! These lies about us must stop impacting our lives for we have received a new life, a new purpose and a new future. God considers each and everyone of us worth the price of his Son’s sacrifice. He loves us completely and totally, no exceptions. Our focus friends has to be moved from a past that condemned, to one that delivers redemption and healing.
Paul tells us that he has learned how to succeed no matter than circumstances. How? We can do all things through Christ who has strengthened us, saved us, freed us and has made us brand new. The old tapes are gone and our new life in Christ awaits us everyday of our lives. The past offers nothing but the world’s ideas on a failing life. Listen instead to the words of life Jesus offers and be remade into his glory!
In Christ
RJ