This is hard to admit, but I believed lies about myself for far too long. The enemy whispered these lies, taunting me with words of fear and insecurity. Maybe you’ve heard them, too:
You’ll never be good enough.
Your life is a complete mess.
You’ve sinned too much to be useful.
God doesn’t want to use someone like you.
Although I know I’m forgiven of my sin through faith in Jesus Christ, I believed the lie that I’m still “damaged goods”, a second-rate citizen taking up shelf space on the scratch-and-dent aisle. And, of course, this disqualifies me from being used by God, right?
Wrong!
Friends, if you’ve felt this way too, it’s high time we confront those lies with the Truth of God’s word.
The Bible calls Satan the “father of lies” (John 8:44). He wants to keep us shackled, deceived, duped into thinking we are less than God’s beloved daughters. God’s word tells us this:
“For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him” (Psalm 103:11-13, NIV)
God wants us to grasp how much He loves us and let that love transform our lives. Out of sin, into forgiveness. Out of darkness, into light. Out of shame, into confidence through Christ.
“For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ…” (Romans 8:15-17, ESV)
Sisters, we are daughters of the King! No lie of the enemy can ever change that.
When you accept Christ’s sacrifice on your behalf and confess Him as lord of your life, God welcomes you into His family and washes you “whiter than snow” (Psalm 51:7). He removes the old and makes you new. This isn’t anything we can mess up; it’s pure grace through the power of Christ.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself…” (2 Corinthians 5:17-18, ESV)
God is doing a new thing in you, sister! He has already redeemed your past and set your feet on the solid Rock. There is no condemnation in Christ (Romans 8:1-2), just a desire to draw you near and make you more like Jesus each day.
Spring is a season of new growth, new life, new opportunities. My prayer for you today is that you’ll reject the lies, embrace God’s truth and allow Him to transform your life.
“Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.” (Isaiah 43:18-19, NIV)
How do you combat the lies of the enemy in your life? What favorite verse do you claim when you’re discouraged?