On too many days, I measure my worth by the undone items on my to-do list. And they fester as a kind of low-grade fever in my soul that keeps me from enjoying what I have done.
I told a mentor yesterday that I loved checking in with her because it kept me from feeling like I was drowning with all that needs to be done in building my business. She said, “Why are you drowning yourself?”
Busted.
I realized that the sinking feeling of not having done enough, of not having been enough had become a habit that played right into the enemy’s hands. My feeling of failure didn’t track with reality. I had been focusing too much on what I’m not instead of who I am to the One who made me.
Forgetting Whose We Are
I had forgotten that my identity is God’s love for me. And that there is nothing in the world I have to do to earn His everlasting love.
All the time I was “drowning myself,” I was drowning out the eternal word of mercy that God was speaking to me.
Exhale….
Time for a reality check. Time to focus back on who we are in God’s eyes. His opinion is the only one that matters, and his view of us is always based on a greater love than we can imagine.
So, take that, to-do list!
God Speaks to Us Now
God lavishes truth on us from his own heart that makes the lie of inadequacy fade like fog under beaming sun. This is what he whispers to you and me today:
“With age-old love I have loved you” (Jeremiah 31:3).
“The LORD has removed the judgment against you, he has turned away your enemies” (Zephaniah 3:15).“The LORD your God is in your midst … who will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in his love, who will sing joyfully because of you” (Zephaniah 3:17).
We have this from the mouth of God Almighty, who rejoices over us with singing and who takes delight in us, every moment of every day. We are not our to-do list; we are the glad song of God’s heart.
Leave a Reply