We began the much anticipated #YouAreLoved Bible study at Good Morning Girls this week. Apart from the daily readings, there are also weekly challenges we are encouraged to participate it.
The Week 1 Challenge was this…
I really thought I would pass up on this challenge. I mean, it seemed pretty pointless. I’ve known about God’s love for as long as I can remember. And I’ve been actively growing in Christ for more than a decade. I already knew who I was in Christ!
{That, my friend, is spiritual pride. What a blow!}
Anyway, I thought I’d just do the challenge in my mind, but was persuaded to give it a proper shot. And boy, am I glad I did!
I took a clean sheet of paper and started listing down my failures, my insecurities, my weaknesses…
As I wrote, my throat constricted… my heart became heavy as I thought of all the things that were defining me.
Mistakes I had made…
Words that had hurt me…
Experiences that had left behind scars…
As I filled up that page, I realized I had subconsciously allowed a lot of negative things to define me. But it didn’t have to be that way.
I wrote in bold words across the page, “Nothing can separate me from the love of Christ.”
I took a deep breath and tore the paper to bits!
Oh the freedom I experienced!
It is one thing to know you are free… but to physically do this was so very powerful.
I had a spring in my step as I walked over to the dustbin and threw the pieces of paper inside.
I am not defined by my failures, the past, words that have hurt me, or people who have let me down.
And guess what? Neither are you!
You are not defined by your past mistakes, the insults hurled at you, the abuse you’ve endured or what others think of you.
You are defined by who you are in Christ… and in Christ you are a conqueror!
…in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (Romans 8:37)
I want to urge you to take up this challenge today. Don’t put it off for tomorrow… it only takes a few minutes. And the end result is well worth it!
Have a blessed day, fellow conqueror!
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