Words Of Encouragmenet To Start The Day ( Monday 10/27/08)

I Want To Be Down

Luke 9:49-50 (Amplified Bible)
49) John said, Master, we saw a man driving out demons in Your name and we commanded him to stop it, for he does not follow along with us.
50) But Jesus told him, Do not forbid [such people]; for whoever is not against you is for you.

I remember when I was in High school, although I was a cheerleader for some reason I was never really accepted in that click. It always seemed like I was the odd man out. The same thing applied at church. I sang in the choir and I was involved, even though I knew and was friends with the pastors daughter, I was still never considered an "in crowd individual." It always felt like I was never in the know, no matter who I was with or who I was privy to be around at that moment. I have even tried to reinvent myself in relationships to be accepted. I never realized that I wasn't suppose to fit in, in that way. I never realized that God created me uniquely me and that I was already accepted by one that meant far more than the people that did not accept me.

People often give themselves too much credit and too much power. They are placed by themselves and others in a position to make or break others, never realizing that the power they are exhibiting is not authentic in nature, because they have set themselves up to be gods, and we know there is only one true God. I have experienced in and out of ministry people saying "no," and being discouraging when I was trying to help or do God's will, because I looked different and I did not pray the same, or say things the way they said them. When I came back to Christ my nose was pierced, I was made to feel, like I was less spiritual because of this expression. Because it was looked at in that spiritual circles as unacceptable, I was made to feel as if I was less spiritual, while all the while being told that God had a powerful anointing on my life, hum... how confusing. Do you mean God would not use me because I do not look or act like others? That is further from the truth, God chooses and uses whom He wants. He loves us when we are pierced, tattooed and even not even fully delivered.

A people label is far from the label needed to be an asset to the kingdom. It is the label that God places upon us. Man can look at us and say, anything from insecure to toxic, but does that make it so, not really. It is the discernment and Spirit of God only that should place a label on us, and even then as we yield and humble ourselves our label will change. We do not have to worry about being accepted into the beloved by man, if God says, He loves us and we are in right standing with Him. It is all about the what he sees and not what they see. Seek God and find out what He wants from you, what He requires of you, after all it is Him who you want to be down with anyway, why not go to the source!