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Be Yourself In God How
wonderful it is that God, Who formed us in the womb, has made us all
unique and different. Just
think how confusing it would be if there were many replicas of each one
of us around the world (God spare us from cloning!).
The Lord wants us to be ourself in Him, not trying to copy or
emulate someone else – learning from their good points yes, but still
being our own unique self. Each
one of us have different characters, personalities, giftings, skills and
resources that God has given us in order to be the unique person He
created us to be. We are an
original! On the other hand, the
devil doesn’t want us to shine as God’s glorious creations; he wants
us to live in a state of confusion as to who we really are.
But, we’ve got news for him … we know God’s storyline!
We are appointed to be conquerors and overcomers, created to walk
in our inheritance in Christ, through the power of the indwelling Holy
Spirit. His Word is full of encouraging, uplifting verses that confirm
to us our inheritance as we live for Him and His kingdom.
Take Romans 15:13 for example: “Now the God of hope
FILL you with ALL JOY and PEACE in believing, that you may ABOUND IN
HOPE, through the POWER of the HOLY GHOST”
(Romans
15:13, Emphasis added).
Think
for a moment about Joseph. As
a teenager he’d had a couple of dreams, but at the time he had no idea
of their huge significance, or, that much time and many difficult
circumstances would occur in his life that would enable those dreams to
come to pass. When the Lord
shows us good things that will happen in our life, they help to carry us
through the future testings. Then
came the testings. Joseph
was never consulted about being sold as a slave into Egypt.
But how wonderfully unique he was.
He didn’t have his family to lean on or draw strength from once
he was taken prisoner. But
God, Who had been shaping and moulding him since birth, caused him to
mature into one of the finest men we read about in Scripture.
He KNEW WHO HE WAS IN GOD and he served Him faithfully through
being himself: through living out the principles of God in the very
noblest of ways and never wavering from his profound trust in Him. DRAW
NEAR TO GOD AND BE YOURSELF. Co-operate
with Him and allow Him to work out His unique, special plans and
purposes in your life that are earmarked especially for YOU.
~
Joan Emery
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