“In Christ, who you are matters infinitely more than anything you do or cannot do.”

A thought by Steven Furtick, (2014-02-11) from his book, Crash the Chatterbox: Hearing God's Voice Above All Others (Kindle Location 528). The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

And that is totally different from ourselves and what we perceive of others in relationship to us.  We feel too many times we are what we do or cannot do.  And none of us can do everything and we try to hide what we know about us.

I like how Steven says it, “This is one of the main reasons we struggle with insecurity: we’re comparing our behind-the-scenes with everybody else’s highlight reel.”

We see us from the inside out and others just from the outside.  We see us in the mirror right after we get out of bed but we see them when they are all put together.  Wow, they look good but I have bad breath. 

Steven says, “We know all too well the stuff in our lives that should disqualify us from God’s love and keep us from fulfilling His purpose. We know that we’re disorganized, irritable, and easily distracted. We internalize our defects and infer that we’re the only ones who struggle with these things. But remember: every weakness you know about yourself, God knows in greater detail than you could ever imagine. He knows the defect as well as what causes the defect. But God says you are something different from your defects— something far more than your flaws.”

And that is what will make the difference in us if we just stop and really internalize that and believe it and live it out from the inside of us.  We are different from our defects.  We are something far more than our flaws. 

He believes in us and loves us because He made us and understands us.  He knows our defects and what has caused them and He wants to use them not hide them. 

Oh what a difference it will make in us if we just believe that in Christ, who we are matters infinitely more than anything we do or cannot do.

So how do you see you?