I AM WHO CHRIST SAYS I AM


*DAILY DEW 17TH/MARCH/2021*

*I AM WHO CHRIST SAYS I AM*

_Key Bible Text:_
*But you are the chosen race, the King's priests, the holy nation, God's own people, chosen to proclaim the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his own marvelous light.* (1 Peter 2:9 (GNT))

_Bible Insight:_
Lie: “I’m not enough.”

God handcrafts all of creation in abounding joy. With each day, he echoes its goodness until the sixth day, when God sculpts humanity and declares it as very good. Then a dark character slithers into the scenery and whispers a twisty truth. He suggests that God does not really want the original couple to be like God. That’s why God is holding back the fruit (Genesis 3:4–5). The serpent plants seeds of inadequacy to create separation. Eve is hoodwinked into believing that if she will eat the fruit, she will be enough.

Sometimes I wonder how Eve could have fallen for this mistruth. Yet how often I’ve fallen for the same falsehood. I may not say “I’m not enough” with my words, but like reaching for a forbidden fruit, my actions shout otherwise.
Beneath the mountain of anxiety rested an insidious lie, an agreement I had made with the Accuser that I was not enough. This “not enoughness” led to a life marked by striving, discontentment, and fear. You. Are. Not. Enough. These four words comprise one of the Enemy’s cruelest and most destructive lies. Maybe you carry an unspoken feeling that you are not enough for your spouse or your children. Not enough for your parents. Not enough as a leader, teacher, coach, or employee. Not even enough for God.

This lie is so effective that in the wilderness Satan uses it on Jesus: “If you are the Son of God,” then turn these stones into fresh-baked loaves, leap from the top of the temple, kneel to me and have all the kingdoms of the world. In other words, you don’t have enough provision, enough power, enough potential. You. Are. Not. Enough.

Jesus counters each lie with the words “It is written . . . ,” grounding himself in God’s Word (Matthew 4:1–11). He allows Scripture to guide his steps and shape his responses. In the heavenly Father, Jesus is deeply loved, celebrated, and empowered. And so are you.

MEDITATION:
*Jesus sees you when others overlook you, he hears you when others ignore you, and he makes you more powerful than you imagine.*

*#Blessing_Nwoke*
*#Wednesday_wisdomforliving*
*#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus*
*#Kingdom_Benefits*
*#RMBC2_RegisterNow*
*#Hello_March* ❤ 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

THE WAY OF THE CROSS (II)

Image
*DAILY DEW 16TH/SEPTEMBER/2021* *THE WAY OF THE CROSS* (II) _Key Bible Text:_ *Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.* (1 Peter 2:24 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ *Through Christ’s death on the cross, those who turn to Him are delivered from both the penalty and the power of sin.* (1 Peter 2:24 New American Standard Bible) What are the benefits that accrue to us from following the cross, or carrying the cross to follow Jesus? In answering this, we need to understand that it is the death and resurrection of Jesus on the cross that gives the cross its power.  "1. Through Christ’s death on the cross, those who turn to Him are delivered from the penalty of sin." This is clearly the meaning of the words, “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree.” By using the word “tree” rather than “cross,” Peter no doubt had in mind Deuteronomy 21:22-23, where it pre...
Read more

FINANCING MISSIONS (II)

Image
*DAILY DEW 21ST/DECEMBER/2021* *FINANCING MISSIONS* (II) _Key Bible Text:_ *Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.* (Galatians 6:2, 10 (KJV))  _Bible Insight:_ How do we get it?  Perhaps if I were to tell you how we do NOT get it, it would help. We do not raise it by means of suppers, bazaars, concerts, rummage sales, or oyster stews. Not because I am against these methods, but because they will not work. What does a business man do when he runs across a method that will not work? He scraps it, does he not?  Now listen. I am responsible, humanly speaking, for the personal support of three hundred and fifty missionaries. Every month of my life I have to get more than $25,000, or humanly speaking, they will starve.  How many of you business men carry as heavy a responsibility? What would you do if you had to get $25...
Read more

TRUSTING AGAINST ALL ODDS*

Image
*DAILY DEW 24TH/DECEMBER/2021* *TRUSTING AGAINST ALL ODDS* _Key Bible Text:_ *"Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him."* (Job 13:15 (KJV))  _Bible Insight:_ It's an uphill task trying to understand God's plan, especially when we can't make logical sense of what we see happening to and around us. But we aren't instructed to understand His plans, but to TRUST HIM and be secure in the knowledge that He's working everything to ultimately turn out for our good.  God won't mismanage your life. Trust Him with it and be willing and quick to obey His instructions even when they don't fit into your parameter of what's logical. One of the truest form of worship we can give to God is to TRUST Him - leaning our entire existence on the unchangeability of His nature and counsels. ❤ _MEDITATION:_ *In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.* (Psalms 71:1 (KJV)) *#Chibuikem_...
Read more