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Stop it!
'He has made perfect for ever those who are being made holy' HEBREWS 10:14
'I'm too fat!' 'I'm ugly!' 'I'm always getting it wrong!' 'I'm no good!' 'They don't like me'. How many times do you say those things to yourself? Well, what you need to do is STOP IT! Focus on what's right with you, not what's wrong, or you'll end up so negative you can't appreciate the gift of life. If you're always putting yourself down, or beating yourself up, you're setting a bad example to others - which no-one wants. We've all got bits of ourselves we want to improve, none of us will ever be perfect - but being negative isn't the answer. Look at the verse chosen for today. Slowly read what it says. And again. That's you it's talking about!
Max Lucado writes: 'Underline the word perfect. Note, the word isn't better. Not improving... God doesn't improve; he perfects. He doesn't enhance; he completes... I realise there's a sense in which we're imperfect... We still stumble. We still do exactly what we don't want to do...that part of us is 'being made holy.'
But when it comes to our position before God, we're perfect. When He sees each of us, He sees someone who has been made perfect through the One who is perfect; Jesus Christ.' It's OK to want to improve yourself, but take it easy! Stop and remind yourself that you're '...being made new...becoming like the one who made you...' (Colossians 3:10 NCV).
written by Bob Gass
'He has made perfect for ever those who are being made holy' HEBREWS 10:14
'I'm too fat!' 'I'm ugly!' 'I'm always getting it wrong!' 'I'm no good!' 'They don't like me'. How many times do you say those things to yourself? Well, what you need to do is STOP IT! Focus on what's right with you, not what's wrong, or you'll end up so negative you can't appreciate the gift of life. If you're always putting yourself down, or beating yourself up, you're setting a bad example to others - which no-one wants. We've all got bits of ourselves we want to improve, none of us will ever be perfect - but being negative isn't the answer. Look at the verse chosen for today. Slowly read what it says. And again. That's you it's talking about!
Max Lucado writes: 'Underline the word perfect. Note, the word isn't better. Not improving... God doesn't improve; he perfects. He doesn't enhance; he completes... I realise there's a sense in which we're imperfect... We still stumble. We still do exactly what we don't want to do...that part of us is 'being made holy.'
But when it comes to our position before God, we're perfect. When He sees each of us, He sees someone who has been made perfect through the One who is perfect; Jesus Christ.' It's OK to want to improve yourself, but take it easy! Stop and remind yourself that you're '...being made new...becoming like the one who made you...' (Colossians 3:10 NCV).
written by Bob Gass
