Written by,
Robert Johnson
One of the biggest mistakes in life is how we see ourselves, based on others perceptions of who we are, we live their thoughts. Your value is based on how God sees you and reveals His word to us as children – Trust God’s love toward you – “What is this thing called love?”
““When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do to acquire that freedom.”
Malcom X
I’ve learned loving yourself in the Lord is the greatest attribute one can have – it removes the need for human emotions based on God’s love – the enemy does not know the love of God – everything he goes to do to devalue your love for Christ will fail –
When you are in this place of value, the enemy can not invade your heart because it belongs to the Lord – Satan’s tail can not effect you as it did not Christ –
He’s going to temped you because of your value, he’s going to set traps –
Here’s an example –
Matthew chapter 4 KJV
1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone – the word will carry you through – you don’t have to concern yourself with the enemy, he’s still defeated everything he does is defeated!!!
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Psalm 27:2 KJV
2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, †came upon me to eat upon my flesh, They stumbled and fell.
Our love for God’s word has to be stronger then the desire for this world, even if we have to walk alone –
How does one stay in this place of love with the father? First you must fall in Love with His word – complete intimacy everyday – then you must become satisfied with His love to where nothing else can get between your heart and His Word – satan is jealous and because your confession will do everything to pull you out of your loved will – satan has to prove his point, God does not –
Here’s the place of protection – this is the relationship that Christ had with the father and now desires to have independent with you!
Psalms 91 KJV
91 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide [1] under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
2 Corinthians 4:7 KJV
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the Excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
When we have something valuable, or something we consider as a treasure. We don’t put it into something weak or broken.
We look for a place that is strong and fortified like a safe or a bank to secure our treasure.
But God has taken something that is priceless and he put it into something so weak and broken.
Like us??????
– The contents of a package is what makes it valuable
– Sometimes we tend to focus more on the package then on it’s content.
– It doesn’t matter how beautiful the package is, how strong the package is, how great the package looks, if there’s nothing in it, it’s still empty and it’s worthless.
The reason why a lot of Christians don’t know their worth is because they don’t know their content.
When we are empty we are worthless so we focus more on beautifying the package so that it will be found in the treasures of heavens word – everyone is not qualified to open you – know your worth –
We can make ourselves look beautiful, but we are still empty!
Have you ever met any Gift wrapped people? They Look Good and seem to have it all together. But they are empty.
Empty things are worthless and Worthless things become trash – God’s love is eternal that is the most prized possession that one can have, eternal life –
Empty people aren’t Content because they have no Content
It’s the same word just said differently
Do you know people that are CONTENTIOUS
People that are never satisfied
People always wanting to contend and argue
They are like that because of their content
I am truly amazed on how God chose to use us in spite of all me flaws and imperfections.
Do you know what condescend means… It means to waive one’s priviledge of rank or authority to do something
➢ God waived His right of perfection,
➢ waived His right of purification, and
➢ waived His right of majesty to use somebody as messed up as me.View image on Twitter
When I look back at where God has brought me from I can say thank God I’m no longer devalued by someone else’s opinion by rather valuable based on His love in His word –
The Bible states in
2 Timothy 1:6 KJV
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands
• When you begin to work (Serve) you begin to stir up the gift that’s in you.
• When you begin to stir something that’s been sitting for a while, all the things that you allowed to settle in your life begin to break up…
Some of us have a GIFT a treasure inside you and you need to stir it up to understand your worth
This Gift that God has placed in you is called LOVE
God is looking for some broken vessels to fill with His treasure called Love.
Why broken vessels you ask.
Because broken vessels can’t hold whats being poured into them – they will flow out into others vessels of revelation/the gospel message of redemption/God’s love –
I am a lover of God’s word!!!
