Refuting the 3 BIG LIES
LIE #1: I am what I do.
Every day, our culture fosters the belief that our value is based on what we do. However, the Bible says just the opposite. Our value is based—not on what we do, but—on whose we are!
Before Jesus performed a single miracle or did anything noteworthy, His heavenly Father said of Him: “This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased (Matthew 3:17).” He was well pleased simply because Jesus was His Son.
I’m so grateful that God’s love for me and you isn’t based on our performance. That’s a fact we each need to remind ourselves of several times a day. As children of God, He loves us just the way we are—the good, the bad and the ugly! Yet, churches are filled with people performing religious duties, longing to earn God’s love, acceptance and approval.
LIE #2: I am what others think about me.
People’s opinions can affect our behavior until we lose sight of who we really are. We end up burying the real us, the authentic us created by God, and we live a false identity.
We do everything we can to become who the important people in our lives think we should be. You and I may live a big lie, never truly satisfied and fulfilled. Living life based on other people’s expectations is stressful and sets us up for rejection and failure.
When each of us lives to impress other people, we behave like the religious leaders of Jesus’ day. They performed rituals to gain honor among the people and to attract attention to themselves. How empty!
God’s opinion of you is the same as His opinion of His Son. You are His beloved son or daughter and He is well pleased with you. Whether or not you’ve done anything significant, His love for you is unshakeable.
LIE #3: I am what I own.
The American dream says that the more stuff I have, the more valuable and successful I am. In that case, the reverse is also true. If I don’t have the big house, two cars and the latest electronic bells and whistles I am an absolute failure, because our self-worth is based on outward appearances.
How to defeat these three lies:
Admit that you have been influenced by these three lies, but have the courage to resist them. Soak yourself daily in the knowledge that God loves you just the way you are. Throughout the Bible, He expresses who you are in Him. Find some of those scriptures and read them every day until you believe them for yourself and not just believe in them.
To cultivate self-awareness of who you truly are and who God truly is, worship Him for one minute three times a day (without music). You can’t know who God is until you know the authentic you and the depth of His love for you.
Remember the words God said to His Son Jesus in Matthew 3:17. In Jesus, you are His son or daughter too, and He is well pleased with you!
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I was at a Jesus conference last year and a well known minister who has a healing ministry was on stage. I did not need healing but wanted an impartation of his gifting in miracles.
I was in my seat which was far back from where he was speaking and I was trying to figure out how I can get close enough for him to touch me.
Holy Spirit overcame me with a shower of kisses, and said Jesus was all I needed, not to make an idol out of people. Sometimes when we look at people doing things that we wish we could do we think that they’re better than us, better christians holier, non of its true. We are all created different, but we all make up the church. I have had wealth, and lack, neither impress me. Only the Love of my Savior and King Jesus!
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Big Love Kelly Mowery