Some weeks back when I went to Chicago with MoMo, I listened to my Donald Lawrence station on Pandora(online radio) on my ride back home from the airport. I absolutely love Donald's music and he is one of my favorite gospel artists. While listening to the station, one of his songs that I had never heard before came on and I listened carefully to the words. After the song went off, I was in tears. I was in love with the message! It was a message that I am constantly trying to get myself to understand!
Most times as a Christian, I believe I underestimate the kind of power I have working within me. Personally, I know through most challenging situations I've been in, I am not immediately thinking about the fact that I serve a God who is more than able to handle that issue at hand. At least, that's what my Bible tells me... "Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all I could ask or think, according to the power that works in us" Ephesians 3:20.
The devil does not want the good of anyone and he always finds excellent ways to infiltrate our minds with negative thoughts. Thoughts that tell us we are not who the Bible says we are, and if we feed on those thoughts long enough, we actually begin to accept them either knowingly or unknowingly.
This past Sunday at church, the message we heard drove the nail in further for me. The pastor referenced 1 Samuel 16, the story of how Samuel went to anoint the new king of Israel in Jesse's household after God rejected Saul. When all of Jesse's sons were before Samuel, he picked the first son of Jesse thinking that he was who God had chosen. It says in verse 7 "But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance , but the Lord looks at the heart.""
The pastor's message was actually about judging other people based on their outward appearance however, I tied it to the message of Donald's song for myself. Besides judging others, I have to also stop judging myself and start believing in my dreams and my worth regardless of whatever shortcomings I think I may have.
I want to encourage someone out there today. You are worth a lot more than you think you are and if you can believe... if you can just have enough faith to see yourself how God sees you and look beyond your circumstances, I guarantee you, there will be a change in your life and world.
This is the song by Donald Lawrence.. "There is a King in you"
Happy Monday!
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