As I have been teaching this week, the challenge is for us to take any thoughts captive that are negative towards ourselves. Now, I want to clarify that there are times that God convicts us when we are acting contrary to His word or desires. Conviction is to be heeded as God wants His best for us. However, there are many times that we just accept negative thinking about ourselves: I am fat; I never do it right; I am not a good mother or wife; i am not enough, etc. The truth is that God loves us. We are His beloved daughters. Choosing to live in that truth each day will change us.
Today, I will focus on one of my favorite verses from Psalm 139: “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (verse 14).
You are not a mistake. There is nothing about you that God didn’t plan. He knows the number of hairs on your head. You are His idea and His delight. When He sees you, He exclaims: “she is fearfully and wonderfully made”! Today, each time that you find yourself in self-criticism, I challenge you to replace the criticism with the words of Psalm 139:14.
My prayer is that this Lent is life-changing as we all enter more fully into God’s love for us.