A Different Light

Deuteronomy 7:6 NLT
For you are a holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. Of all the people on earth, the Lord your God has chosen you to be his own special treasure.

For years I suffered from low self-esteem, insecurity, co-dependency and everything else that went along with it. When someone tried to give me accolades, I would dismiss it even though I would be craving it. I would also get religious about it too. I would say, "it's not me, it was all the Lord." But deep inside I wanted to feel important, I wanted to feel significant to someone, I wanted to be noticed! But God showed me that He sees me totally different. He sees me as someone special, someone significant. He sees me as His own special treasure! When I read Deuteronomy 7:6, at first it was tough for me to see me in this light, but the more I read it and meditated on it and spoke it out loud, the more I believed it. I can now say that God truly sees me as someone special, as someone significant, as His special treasure...and I can now say that about myself and believe it! Even if no one on this planet sees me this way, He, the creator of the universe, the creator of me, God sees me like this...and that is all that matters! 

If you suffer from low self-esteem, insecurity and co-dependency, make a decision for 2017 that you are going to start seeing yourself in a different light. Start reading Deuteronomy 7:6 every day, meditate on it every day, speak it out loud. You may not believe it about yourself the first day, or maybe even the first month, but the more you read, meditate and speak it, the more you will believe it.

Who's Assisting Who?

2 Cor 6:1a
"I am a laborer together with God,..."

The word "laborer" in the Greek is "sunergeo" which means "to put forth power together with and thereby to assist" according to Strong's Dictionary. I find it interesting that is says "assist." I find myself often doing things on my own, because I want to do them, or I think it should be done a certain way, or "by golly this is my project, my idea and its going to be done my way." I have found that in every instance that I have done this without God, the ultimate result is failure. Yeah, I may get a result I want, but it is usually temporary, and/or it is not satisfying.

When we do not include God in what we are doing, everything that we are doing is in vain. We MUST include God in EVERYTHING we do. Why? Because of what the Apostle Paul said, "I am a laborer together with God." Using a different word from Strong's Dictionary, I am assisting God.

Whatever it is you are doing or about to do, seek God first, and then assist Him. Remember YOU are assisting HIM, not the other way around. Don't seek God to get Him to help you do it your way. When you seek Him, you are surrendering your ideas and plans to Him, and by doing this you start assisting Him!