Trusting God means trusting His view of me.
This was a profound insight I recently gained that has altered the way I see myself, and others.
At a recent church event held for women we were asked to look through a list of personal attributes, and check the qualities God sees in us.
There were over 50 qualities listed, such as honest, intelligent, compassionate, forgiving, selfless, capable, reliable, etc.
Later that day, a friend of mine told me she could mark only three, and asked how many I had marked.
I had marked all of them.
She responded. “It must be nice to be so confident.”
Is It Really Confidence?
I was surprised by her comment, and the fact that she marked so few.
I pondered that exercise, and wondered at the difference in our responses.
I recognized that the difference was in our perspectives and what we each chose to believe.
The Insight
Being able to mark all these qualities is not confidence.
It’s something greater.
It’s choosing to see myself as God sees me.
Romans 8:16-17 “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”
If we are children of God, and I believe we all are, then why do we diminish ourselves to the point of not acknowledging or even recognizing the divine qualities within us?
The fact that I have not mastered all or any of these qualities does not mean they do not exist within me.
Some attributes are in embryo or just beginning to grow, and I may not be very successful at exhibiting those traits, yet.
Others are more developed. I’ve had more practice.
Godly attributes are part of my makeup. They are only in different stages of development.
When we lose sight of the process of becoming we might choose to condemn ourselves rather than honor our efforts of growth.
When I’m not certain how I feel about myself, instead of automatically choosing to think the worst, I can choose to see myself as God sees me.
Much love,
