For if you listento the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. Yousee yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. James 1:23-24(NLT)
God’s Word contains all kinds of information about the real you. By meditating on it, you discover who you really are and what you can do as a follower of Christ.
Imagine if you went into a witness protection program and had surgery to completely change the way you looked. Whenever you would see yourself in the mirror at first, you’d be shocked. That’s because you have an image in your mind of what you look like.Even if surgery changed you completely, you would retain that self-image—until you were confronted repeatedly with the truth by looking into a mirror.
When it comes to your identity, it’s not much different. You had a change in nature the moment you gave your life to Christ. Now you have the nature of God, but you may still picture yourself as the old you. You need to find out who you really are now by looking into God’s mirror, His Word. Only then will it become natural for you to begin to act as that new you. You’ll begin to live like you’re God’s child, entitled to sit atHis table—which is filled with everything you could ask for!
Spend your time and effort learning who you really are in Christ so you can begin to live the way God says you can. You’ve been given every blessing through Christ—healing, prosperity and more. As you believe and act on this knowledge, you will begin to experience every blessing in your life!
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