So I opened up my tablet this morning to go into John chapter 6 and I thought that’s where I was. But what I started reading I realized I was somewhere else. The funny thing is before I opened up the tablet I asked for a revelation from the Lord. What I got was not what I was expecting but at the same time it was very powerful.
John 2:1 My darling little children, the reason I write these things to you is so that you will not 1believe a lie about yourselves! If anyone does believe a 1distorted image to be their reality, we have Jesus Christ who 2defines our likeness 3face to face with the Father! He is our 4parakletos, the one who endorses our true identity, being both the source and the reflection of the Father’s image in us! (The root of sin is to believe a lie about yourself. The word sin, is the word 1hamartia, from ha, negative or without and meros, portion or form, thus to be without your allotted portion or without form, pointing to a disorientated, distorted, bankrupt identity; the word meros, is the stem of morphe,
I have often wondered in my own struggles with sin what is the lie that I believe about myself. Walking in your true identity is still a choice. When you get up in the morning you can choose to put on those filthy rags and be selfish and insecure and all the other crap that goes along with it or you can put on the robe of righteousness and walk as a true son. You don’t let the day the moment somebody else’s actions other circumstances define Who You Are or what you’re going to do. You can be Jesus with skin on or Pal around with the Enemy what’s it going to be?
This is a repost I am testing a link in Word to be able to post directly from Microsoft word. It is relevant to me to day though.
Matthew 6.6 