Have you ever felt
that there is nothing you can do to become all that you believe you should be?
That you will never accomplish anything of worth? Have you ever believed that
there is nothing you can say or do that will ever make a difference? Have you
ever known the burden of expectation that seems out of reach? Join the club. If
you are human, then at some point in your life you have experienced rejection,
discouragement, despair, and pain. At some point you have felt that you were
just not good enough. “As a man thinks in his heart so is he.” If I believe I am
worthless, I am worthless. Whether I realize it or not, I “do unto others” what
has been done unto me. If I have been labeled as never quite being good enough,
then I pass that negativism along in my expectations of those I love. If I see
myself as being beyond hope, then I see others in the same light.
Into this
seemingly endless cycle of human emotion, expectation, and despair at never
quite being good enough, God attempts to break into our generational bondage. He
waits to speak life to all that we have suffered in our past, life to our
present and life to our future. He wants who I am to “be” found in Him alone. He
wishes for us to realize that unlike what expectations we may have felt from
others, whether real or imagined, His expectation is thoroughly attainable. He
sees the promise in my life where another might not see it, and, if I truly
listen to Him and obey His instruction, then I will find release from my human
failures. I will discover who I really am. In His love, I can break that bondage
of despair and frustration. I can do more than just hope one day that I can
“become” free of all that has defined who I am, I can choose to really “be”
free. I am not labeled anymore. I am good enough for Him because He died for
me.
“When I was a
child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child”
(1 Corinthians 13:11a). You were once a child, and all those who loved you
watched you struggle to crawl or learn to walk. They watched every move you
made, expecting to see miraculous change. They rejoiced over you when you
achieved a new accomplishment. They were sad when you failed. But you were just
a little one wanting to me loved for who you were, and wanting to feel loving
and accepting arms. You didn't want to be watched for what you might become. You
wanted to loved for who you were at that moment. God loves you right in your
moment, and He sees you crying out to be loved and not to be labeled. When you
accept His love, the bondage is broken, and you are able to not only know
freedom, but to extend freedom in your expectation of others.
I pray that God
gives each one of us His eyes to see the potential not only in ourselves, but in
others. I pray we learn to speak life to each heart instead of death. To speak
blessing instead of failure. To speak joy instead of despair. To speak life full
of joy and healing. To see promise where we have seen failure. To believe in
what cannot be seen, but to know that one day it will be true.
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