Perfection & performance...

What a relief to know that perfection & performance don't determine value & worth (Phil 3:9)! I know this is God's truth & I do believe it...but daily, I have to come against feelings of unbelief that want to convince me otherwise. True humility keeps me anchored-allowing me to accept what I'm not. I can't, but God can & He will do through me what He calls me to do (2 Cor 12:9). This truth gives all of us the freedom to lay down who we think we should be & become who Christ says we are-His masterpiece created to do the good works He planned long ago (Eph 2:10) We are new creations in Christ...the old has gone, the new has come (2 Cor 5:17). We're approved not because of what we do...but because of Who we belong to! If God's for us who can be against us (Rom 8:31)? Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom (2 Cor 3:17).

Your past doesn't determine who you are-God does. You're not here because you were the desire of your parents or because you were a mistake or an afterthought...you are here because the Creator of the Universe, your Father God, knitted you together with His very own hands (Ps 139:13). So wake up sleeper-lift your head, you've got important work to do in this world (Gal 5:14); stop debating the power that lives in you & take the steps to walk out the power He lends you daily (Eph 3:19-20)! Press forward in His strength-not yours... you're made for hard (Isa 41:10)! 7/13LMM #perfection #performance #askgod #christianinsightforlife