Feeling Unimportant / a Failure? Don't Believe the Lie.
Feb 1, 2014 5:49:07 GMT -5
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Post by Saltandlight007 on Feb 1, 2014 5:49:07 GMT -5
Feeling unimportant / a failure? Don't believe the lie. If you are a child of God, you are already more important that you can ever imagine.
He was born in an obscure village.
He worked in a carpenter shop until he was about thirty.
He then became an itinerant preacher.
He never held an office.
He never had a family or owned a house.
He didn't go to college.
He had no credentials but Himself.
After preaching three years, the public turned against Him.
His friends ran away.
He was turned over to His enemies and went through the mockery of a trial.
He was nailed to a cross between two thieves.
While He was dying, His executioners gambled for His clothing, the only property He had on earth.
He was laid in a borrowed grave.
Nineteen centuries have come and gone,
and today He is the central figure of the human race.
All the armies that ever marched,
all the navies that ever sailed,
all the parliaments that ever sat, and
all the kings that ever reigned
have not affected the life of man on the earth as much as that ONE SOLITARY LIFE.
James Allan Francis (1864–1928)
'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts (Isaiah 55 v9)'.
I'm not suggesting here that doing all the things that Jesus didn't do are bad; writing books, etc. but I do not believe that they are an indication of success in themselves the way God sees it. Our identity / self-worth should be in Him - which is not understood by the world. Only God can measure your achievements – they are not measured / seen by human standards. They are hidden in the heart - only seen completely by God. That's my own personal understanding anyway.
'Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God (1 Cor 4:5)'.
He was born in an obscure village.
He worked in a carpenter shop until he was about thirty.
He then became an itinerant preacher.
He never held an office.
He never had a family or owned a house.
He didn't go to college.
He had no credentials but Himself.
After preaching three years, the public turned against Him.
His friends ran away.
He was turned over to His enemies and went through the mockery of a trial.
He was nailed to a cross between two thieves.
While He was dying, His executioners gambled for His clothing, the only property He had on earth.
He was laid in a borrowed grave.
Nineteen centuries have come and gone,
and today He is the central figure of the human race.
All the armies that ever marched,
all the navies that ever sailed,
all the parliaments that ever sat, and
all the kings that ever reigned
have not affected the life of man on the earth as much as that ONE SOLITARY LIFE.
James Allan Francis (1864–1928)
'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts (Isaiah 55 v9)'.
I'm not suggesting here that doing all the things that Jesus didn't do are bad; writing books, etc. but I do not believe that they are an indication of success in themselves the way God sees it. Our identity / self-worth should be in Him - which is not understood by the world. Only God can measure your achievements – they are not measured / seen by human standards. They are hidden in the heart - only seen completely by God. That's my own personal understanding anyway.
'Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God (1 Cor 4:5)'.
