perhaps we're bound by the sound of the beast in our own voices
telling us that we will never be that which He calls and believes us to be
that which He sent His son to die for
once for all
all the world
all our sins
all my sin
perhaps it is he who, speaking to us in the guise of our own voices,
lies to our faces
in the spaces where His truth has not yet penetrated deep enough
to fill the cracks of doubt.
he lies in our own voice
leaving us with no choice but to believe one of two things:
either
we're lying to ourselves and we are in fact the beast,
or
the lie is no lie at all, but in fact the truth
neither of which identifies the real culprit:
satan himself.
"you will never be what He knows you can be."
"your potential will always be wasted."
"you are only as valuable as your talents."
"your worth comes from what makes you different from others."
"if He really knew you..."
"you are the problem."
"if any one really knew you..."
"you are unlovable."
"you'll never be beautiful enough."
"He cannot be trusted with your dreams."
"He cares about others more than He cares about you."
"you are and will always be a let-down to Him."
"hide
your
self"
i hear myself say.
and on and on
and on and on
and on
and on
and on.
so...
what lies does he tell you in your own voice?
dispel them with the Truth.
“Your potential will be realized as you allow My Spirit to live through you.”
“You are as valuable as the blood of Jesus.”
“Your worth comes from what I’ve done for you. “
“You are as valuable as the blood of Jesus.”
“Your worth comes from what I’ve done for you. “
“I do know you.”
"you are not the problem; sin is."
“if anyone really knew you, they would have the opportunity to show you a glimpse of how I love you.”
“You are loved by Me.”
“all beautiful you are My darling…”
“I give dreams.”
“I do not show favoritism…”
“you are the joy set before Me.”
“shine
your
light.”
His word must trump the lies,
His word must trump the lies,
though loud those lies may be
perhaps i need to trade my eyes for a pair that really sees
i could continue to see myself through the lens of the father of lies
but therein lies the problem
a problem He has solved.
i am not what i do or what i can do
i am not my past faults or mistakes
i am not my past successes or triumphs
or my present ones for that matter
no
i am not what i have done
i am what has been done for me
Jesus died on the cross for me
for me
and though assaulted daily i may be
that is the truth that trumps them all
my worth and value rest in what can never be reversed
through Jesus, God has declared my worth.
hey all! one of my friends from work helped me discover this online playlist module called grooveshark. it's like pandora except you create your own playlist so that the songs that play are songs that you have directly chosen, not just songs that the computer decides you may like. needless to say, i love it. anywayz, i was in jersey for the past week and my first morning there, i woke up feeling really uneasy. my mind was all over the place, as was my heart, and i was having a hard time quieting my emotions. surprise surprise. so i decided to create a playlist. i titled it "refocus" and found a bunch of tenth avenue north songs that i added to the list, along with some other things. while i was listening to my newly formed playlist and writing in my journal, song after song began to refocus my mind and heart on the truths about God--that He cares about me, that He's always there with me, that, though i may feel it strongly, i am not rejected, that i am not alone and He understands, and so on and so forth. well, as i was finishing up my time with God, what i thought was a song i had added began to play. it was in fact an audio blog entry from the lead singer of tenth avenue north, mike. he talked about the title of one of their albums, "the light meets the dark"
(this is the link, just run your cursor by the first one on the list and click on the play button to the left of it) and, though everything he said resonated with me, one thing that he said has continued to float around my heart and head. he said "you are not what you do; you are what has been done for you." he spoke about how this gives us the freedom to be because we no longer have to be concerned with how we look to other people. the idea that when we realize what and who our identity lies in, we are able to bring our darkness into the light, allowing people to see what we know and what He knows about us already: that we are messed up. that when we connect our value and worth to our actions we live in fear of what we do before people because they will relate those things to who we are. for me, i relate so much of my worth to what i do and what i'm capable of. it's a vicious trap that makes my worth contingent on others and ultimately feeds the insatiable appetite of my insecurity. and it's a lie. one of satan's many lies that i'm sure he uses on other people besides me. the truth is that i am what has been done for me. and that is both comforting and humbling and points me in the direction of Jesus. so yea, i wanted to share that with you guys and to encourage you too. you are not what you do or have done or will do; you are what has been done for you. and i am learning that there is much freedom in that.
(this is the link, just run your cursor by the first one on the list and click on the play button to the left of it) and, though everything he said resonated with me, one thing that he said has continued to float around my heart and head. he said "you are not what you do; you are what has been done for you." he spoke about how this gives us the freedom to be because we no longer have to be concerned with how we look to other people. the idea that when we realize what and who our identity lies in, we are able to bring our darkness into the light, allowing people to see what we know and what He knows about us already: that we are messed up. that when we connect our value and worth to our actions we live in fear of what we do before people because they will relate those things to who we are. for me, i relate so much of my worth to what i do and what i'm capable of. it's a vicious trap that makes my worth contingent on others and ultimately feeds the insatiable appetite of my insecurity. and it's a lie. one of satan's many lies that i'm sure he uses on other people besides me. the truth is that i am what has been done for me. and that is both comforting and humbling and points me in the direction of Jesus. so yea, i wanted to share that with you guys and to encourage you too. you are not what you do or have done or will do; you are what has been done for you. and i am learning that there is much freedom in that.
oh! and if you want to listen to some more of mike from tenth avenue north just go back up to that link and play "over and underneath", the third one down. who knows, maybe i'll do some audio/video blogging in the new year =-)
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