WHO TOLD YOU THAT?

I have recently started a Quest. I didn’t have to pack for this journey and I don’t really know how long it is going to take but I am excited to begin the journey.

Beth Moore is a wonderful Christian lady who I love reading and watching. She is personable and easy to follow and understand. So, when my sister shared with me that she was doing a Bible study using a book/video program written by Beth Moore I was intrigued. I read a little about the devotional and decided it was exactly what I needed.

The Quest is a personal journey to help you develop your intimacy with the Lord. I watched the first video and have started doing the journal. The first two questions that are asked in the book are, “Where are you?” and “Who told you that?”

These were questions that the Lord asked Adam in the Garden of Eden but it is questions that He is asking us daily as well. It got me to thinking about how we view ourselves and why. There was an exercise where you had to list 5 things you had come to believe about yourself and then on the corresponding column you had to say where that information came from.

While I was listing my beliefs I started to notice that I immediately thought of the negative attributes I associate with myself. The truth was though was that no one had ever told me that I was bad at any of these things. Why would I automatically start to think of areas that I was inadequate in? Why didn’t I start to list the positives?

The second part of the exercise is the important part. WHO TOLD YOU THAT? Do you think that you are not worthy? Do you think that you are unlovable? Do you think that you are not beautiful? Do you think that you have nothing to contribute? Then you need to start wondering who told you that and why? Satan has a way of using people or situations to usurp the Lord’s plans for us. The negative comments could be just like what Satan did to Eve in the Garden of Eden. He planted negative (untrue) thoughts in her mind.

If you can not trace any of the negative beliefs back to the Lord then maybe you should question why you believe them. Look to the Bible and know the truth.

Romans 15:13
I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. 

Have A Blessed Day!

BTW, today’s thankful alphabet letter is G. What a perfect letter for today. I am ever so thankful for GOD!