The Challenge 2

It’s hard to believe today is the twenty-first day of 'The Challenge'.  It seems like I just wrote about it and now it’s over.

This is what I wrote in 'The Challenge' blog:

So, this is what I have decided.  I am going to find 21 scriptures that tell me how God sees me and starting June 15, I am going to speak them over myself several times a day; one for each of the 21 days.  If the experts are correct, at the end of the 21 days I should have a God image of myself firmly planted in me.

  

But things went a little differently than I planned.  When I started seeking out the scriptures I would use, these are the some of the ones the Holy Spirit directed me to.

1. Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:  Jude 1
2. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,  Ephesians 2:4
3. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.  1 Thessalonians 5:24

The re-occurring theme is my view of who God is, what He does.  It surprised me.  I asked why when the whole point was to get a God view of myself.  Answer:  until I have a correct view of God, I will never understand or receive His view of me.  This is one of those things I knew intellectually but had never really meditated on it until it became heart knowledge. 

Jude 1:  God sanctified me, preserved me and called me. 

• Sanctified:  He set me apart for His use.  He cleaned me up.  He did
• Preserved:  He keeps me in perfect or unaltered condition:  He maintains me unchanged.
• Called:  He claimed my time and life—call of duty.

Ephesians 2:4:  Everything He did for me was because He is rich in mercy and loves.

• Because He loved, He gave His most prized possession—His Son
• Because of His mercy, He had the plan set in motion before man was ever created (Revelation 13:8).

1 Thessalonians 5:24:  I can trust Him with my calling and getting it done.

• Faithful:  true to His word, reliable, trusted and/or believable.
• Will do:  deliberate action.

Am I different?  Yeah.  Did I see massive overnight change?  No.  But I do know if you set yourself to seek the face of God, change happens.

So, if you see me wobbling around, remember baby steps.