Enough is Enough.

One thing that I ponder often is identity.  It is a topic that I have struggled with for much of my life, and something that God continues to give me revelation in.  As my last post, these thoughts came to me on a bus ride in Thailand, this time however I had a chance to write it down.  Here goes...

The past happened but does not define who God made you to be.  Your worth isn't something that fluctuates as the tide, but is something you find when you abide in the truth that you are created in the image of the creator.  Freedom is found when you take hold of what you've already been told, for it is not only the knowing that you are a beloved treasure but it is knowing in your heart in a way that affects the way you live and relate to yourself, to others, and to God.  When we look in the mirror, analyzing our every flaw inside & out, we are looking at a distorted picture of who we truly are.  Insecurity is a weed planted in our human nature,  one that can so easily destroy the beauty of our lives. While letting insecurity consume our self image we are releasing our trust in God.  We start doubting the creator of the universe because our vision of who we are is clouded by the voices of society, and who we are in Christ stops being enough.  We must take time to realize who our maker is, the one who placed the stars in the Milky Way,  that is the same God who knows the hairs on our heads, who gave us the color of our eyes, who placed in us a variety of gifts and talents.  He formed our most inward parts and knit us together in our mother's womb.  He designed us the way we are for a reason, a specific purpose.  How can we not trust that?  In a world that is constantly changing we should run after the rest we find in our identity, the one thing that will never change because we are God's children.  We are His beloved, Jesus died for our sins.  These are eternal truths, just like you will always be loved, you will always be treasured, you will always be worth it to Jesus.  We were born in Gods thought and then created by Him, what can be more spectacular than that?  What more reassurance do we need to let the strongholds of insecurities fall away?  It does not matter what happens today, tomorrow, or in the rest of your life.  Two things will remain:  You are loved by God and You are enough.  God made you and He saw that it was good.