Call it What God Does

(Romans 4:17) “(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.”

(Romans 3:3-4) “What if some of the Jews were unfaithful? Their unfaithfulness cannot cancel God’s faithfulness, can it? Of course not! God is true, even if everyone else is a liar. As it is written, ‘You are right when you speak, and win your case when you go into court.'”

Only God knows your true potential because He has deposited the talents, abilities, strategy, and love within you to reach that potential. He has a plan that is of good and not of evil. Only He can look into your future and truly proclaim all you can become through Him. Just like you can plant a seed and say, it will be a great tree someday, He looks at your small, weak beginnings and can declare you as great.

But the opinions and negative words of others can choke what God has spoken over our lives. Parents, especially have the ability to completely either destroy or build our future with their words. Have you ever been told “well, I can’t expect much more from you? You are so dumb you probably won’t get it? I think you should not try out for the team, you are not that good or committed?”

Bear in mind that most people that have said these type of things to you, were not aware of the damage they caused, but probably based their comments on what they saw and their own failures in life.

If you are lazy, stubborn, disobedient, a quitter, or just simply rebellious towards authority, most people around you won’t put much faith in you. However, God knows how to change you from the inside out once you accept Christ. Christ promises us a new life and a life in abundance and victory.

Negative words, especially the ones that you have thought about yourself, contradict and destroy all that God wants to do for you and through you. Even if you have failed Him or have not been faithful to your commitment to follow Christ, do not doubt in His ability to still use you. He will be faithful to His commitment towards you. Therefore focus on what the Bible says about those that choose to follow Christ. You need to listen to the voice of Truth over the voice of lies.

(“Renounce your past and renew your mind with His Word today. Believe God in spite of your feelings.”– Bob Gass.)

Prayers

• Heavenly Father, You have been mindful of us. You have made us walk upright. He who pursues us, and makes us pass safely by the way we have not gone with our feet.
• Forgive us for having believed the lies of Satan spoken through people over our lives. We reject right now any negative words we have heard and believed about ourselves or others.
• Help us to see ourselves through Your eyes. We will no longer confess what we see, but what You see.
• Thank You that through accepting Christ into our hearts we recover Your original plan for our lives. That You no longer see our mistakes and failed past, but You see the glory of your Son, Jesus Christ.
• Your Holy Spirit is at work within us and we declare that we and everyone around us will see the results.
• Thank You that our unfaithfulness does not cancel your faithfulness because You forgive us and continue to declare over us Your truth.
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• We ask in Jesus’ Mighty name. Amen