Tell Yourself the Truth

January 9, 2018

Tell Yourself the Truth

Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.

When you search for me, you will find me;

if you seek me with all your heart,

Jeremiah 29:12-13 (NRSV)

Imagine that when you go to God in prayer, your Abba not only hears you, He also speaks to you! What does He say to you? Far too many of us think we would hear some sort of judgment: repent, straighten-up, I’m losing my patience with you, I’m fed up with you, I wish I’d never saved you!

In contrast to such thoughts, if you believe what the Bible reveals about the character of God, especially as His character is revealed in Christ Jesus, you would hear your Abba saying, “I love you, I’m so happy you are my child.”

As we come to God by faith in Jesus, we realize the world has been telling us a pack of lies about who we are, who God is and what the world is like. We need to also realize that it is not just a generic ‘world’ that is telling us the lies; we are telling ourselves lies. Most of the lies we tell ourselves are simply a matter of repeating lies first told to us by parents, teachers, family members and others who played significant roles in our lives. These life messages may have been somewhat well-intentioned, perhaps misguided efforts to motivate or provide needed discipline. Nevertheless, a lie is a lie.

Our greatest needs are to be loved, accepted and to have a healthy sense of self-worth. God loves you with an everlasting love. God has adopted you into His family, and He knows you as His beloved child. He wants you to know Him as your Abba. God has destined you to live eternally with Him. This is truth.

My Takeaway: As we make our way through this year, let’s make it our purpose to often rehearse the truth of who we are in Christ. Let’s not tell ourselves lies; let’s tell ourselves the truth! 

Sē’lah

Alex

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

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