"I was made to praise You Lord. I was made to Glorify Your name in every circumstance. I was made to love You. I was made to worship at Your feet and to obey You Lord. I was made for You."
These are simple lyrics to a song, yet it's simple message speaks salvation and eternal purpose for our own lives. Our purpose is to glorify our Lord in thought and action. We glorify Him by obeying His commandments and letting His love and forgiveness work through us. In order to accomplish His purpose, we must first learn to love and forgive ourselves. I am finding that loving myself is not as easy as it seems. If I truly loved myself inside and out, I would have victory over my Body Dysmorphic Disroder. What is it that makes me still hang on to the distorted thoughts of a Godless society? I still put emphasis on youth and outward beauty because I still listen to the those Godless tapes that come from Godless people in a Godless society.
As a woman of God, I hear Satan telling me you are old, you are fat, you are ugly. These are the tapes I am battling in my head. Tapes that I haven't been able to erase. I have to stop and ask myself, "why do I hold on to things of this world? Why do I let things of the flesh influence my self-image?" Actually, I don't like that word "self-image." It should always be my "God image." Here is exactly my point. I still cling to "self" because I am still concerned with "self-image." Why do any of us who suffer self-image mind battles still hang on to the Godless things of this world? We are supposed to seek the Kingdom of God and not the kingdom of flesh (man). It becomes clear that we have a breach in our Armor of God. It's a breach that Satan uses to His advantage to keep us from a solid connection with God. This breach keeps us in turmoil.
If I am to truly Glorify God in thought and action, I have to let go of the old tapes of the past. They are tapes that want to play over and over and over. Tapes that keep me in self-image and not God- image. Here is where my work must be focused. I have to develop a God-image, something that wasn't developed growing up.
I surrender Lord my self-image to You right now. I am putting You at the center of my image and of my life. I am committed to building You a God- image in me and I ask for Your help right here and right now. Help me to glorify You in thought and action. In your name Jesus, I pray. Amen
These are simple lyrics to a song, yet it's simple message speaks salvation and eternal purpose for our own lives. Our purpose is to glorify our Lord in thought and action. We glorify Him by obeying His commandments and letting His love and forgiveness work through us. In order to accomplish His purpose, we must first learn to love and forgive ourselves. I am finding that loving myself is not as easy as it seems. If I truly loved myself inside and out, I would have victory over my Body Dysmorphic Disroder. What is it that makes me still hang on to the distorted thoughts of a Godless society? I still put emphasis on youth and outward beauty because I still listen to the those Godless tapes that come from Godless people in a Godless society.
As a woman of God, I hear Satan telling me you are old, you are fat, you are ugly. These are the tapes I am battling in my head. Tapes that I haven't been able to erase. I have to stop and ask myself, "why do I hold on to things of this world? Why do I let things of the flesh influence my self-image?" Actually, I don't like that word "self-image." It should always be my "God image." Here is exactly my point. I still cling to "self" because I am still concerned with "self-image." Why do any of us who suffer self-image mind battles still hang on to the Godless things of this world? We are supposed to seek the Kingdom of God and not the kingdom of flesh (man). It becomes clear that we have a breach in our Armor of God. It's a breach that Satan uses to His advantage to keep us from a solid connection with God. This breach keeps us in turmoil.
If I am to truly Glorify God in thought and action, I have to let go of the old tapes of the past. They are tapes that want to play over and over and over. Tapes that keep me in self-image and not God- image. Here is where my work must be focused. I have to develop a God-image, something that wasn't developed growing up.
I surrender Lord my self-image to You right now. I am putting You at the center of my image and of my life. I am committed to building You a God- image in me and I ask for Your help right here and right now. Help me to glorify You in thought and action. In your name Jesus, I pray. Amen
