Have you ever taken a personality test? Have you ever had to rate yourself on a job performance evaluation? How about thinking ahead for those five and ten year goals? Better yet what if someone said, "Please describe yourself to us?"
Well I have taken personality tests and I guess there is something to them. I can see places that are very accurate and then a few that fail to hit the mark. I have worked long enough to have done my share of performance evaluations too. I have yet to sit for interview that I don't get the question, "Where do you see yourself in five or ten years?" The idea of describing myself seems that hardest of all.
So why is describing yourself so hard. God seems to know and repeats it over and over again in the Bible. Countless adjectives and labels of who we are and what we mean to Him. Yet what is the first thing that comes out of your mouth when you begin to describe. Is it how you look, what your job is, your position in the family and how many members there are? What about strengths and weaknesses? Which do you start with or do you even talk about weaknesses?
Taking time to pray about this it dawned on me that if all we ever did was repeat what God says about us then we could actually get our soul to line up with our spirit. Here are a few to get you started. See how many others you can find in the Word and then start verbally speaking these over yourself.
I am a Child of God (Romans 8:16)
I am a New Creature (2 Corinthians 5:17)
I am an Heir of Eternal Life (1 John 5:11,12)
I am Healed by His Stripes (1 Peter 2:24)
I am the Light of the World (Matthew 5:14)
Lord help all of us to dig out of Your Word all the descriptions about who we are. Beyond the bounds of this world we have a eternal heavenly home. There we will all know who we are and whose we are. Amen
So for me on this path another moment to stop and praise Him. His goodness is overwhelming at times. The higher I go the smaller my problems look. The air is fresh, the sun is warm and the SON is inviting.
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