Measuring Up!

Let me start today by saying, “You Will Never Measure Up!”

Get that in your head; you will always fall short! Positive way to start a devotion, wouldn’t you say? I have loved God since I was eight years old. I will be the first to admit my sins and failures highly outnumber the successes. By knowing this, accepting this, facing this is how I grow.

Another reason to be true to ourselves is that the world is full of people who love to rub our shortcomings in our faces and predominantly Christian faces. The mental notebook of persecution. The scriptures they voice lending only to their agenda, which are usually taken and spoken out of context, or quoting the half that pertains to you; forgetting or not knowing the other half that pertains to them.

You see, Scripture is a two-edged sword; Jesus doesn’t instruct on the wife’s expectations without including the husband’s. There is scripture for the saints and the sinners, the young and the old, the rich and the poor. We are all covered within the pages of the Bible.

So, here we are! Human, again! We are getting stronger every day, sure we fall, and we pray. We get mad and we pray. We get impatient and we pray. We get grouchy when we’re hungry, have thoughts, ideas, and are entitled to have opinions. We strive every day to be the best we can be, and that should be no reason to be subjected to spiritual abuse, oh, but it seems to be!

Matthew 10:22 NIV “You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.”

Sadly, the ones usually persecuting are not those who hate us but those who claim to love us, or who do love us. If you belong to Jesus, you will become a target, simple as that!!!

The reason I tend to write on this subject a lot is I have people in my world that attacking my Christian walk is their first choice of arsenal. To achieve hurting me, they go after the one thing that can wilt me, and that’s my walk with God. You need to be aware that you, too, as a Christian, are now part of the worlds shooting gallery.

You need to know your walk, remember your prayers of growth and change. Listen to what Jesus has to say about you, not another human being with as many sins, scars and problems as you have! Stand firm in your beliefs and walk and if others can’t join you, let them walk on!

Philippians 1:6 NLT “And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.”

Simply put, He will be working on us every day until the day of his return. So, Jesus already knows we don’t measure up, loves us anyway and is working within us everyday. Just keep plugging along; the haters will hate, the judges are going to judge. All we can do is to keep praying for them. Be blessed today, try and be a blessing and thank you for joining me. 🥰