IN MY PRESENCE YOU HAVE INFINITE Approval. You often judge yourself on the basis of what you see in the mirror, even though you know how fickle and shallow that ever-changing image is. You tend to be equally enslaved to viewing yourself through the eyes of other people, rigorously evaluating your personal performance and almost always feeling displeased with something you have said or done.
"Enslaved" is an appropriate word. You are indeed a slave when you try to measure yourself through any perspective but Mine. Evaluating your worth based on how you look, to yourself or to others, is always a trap. It's as if you are sifting sand in a search for gold - looking only at the grains of sand filtering through the sieve, while ignoring the priceless nuggets that remain. The gold represents the eternal part of you: your soul. It is invisible to everyone but Me, the One who plans to spend eternity with you. Though invisible, a well-nurtured soul can actually improve your appearance: As you rest in the certainty of My unfailing Love, your face glows with the Joy of My Presence.
My approval of you is infinite because it will continue forever. It is based entirely on My righteousness, which is yours for all eternity. When you look in a mirror, try to see yourself as you truly are - arrayed in perfect righteousness, adorned in glowing approval.
- Jesus
(Jesus Lives / Sarah Young)
Scripture Insight: Psalm 90:14; Psalm 21:6 and Isaiah 61:10
"Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days" - Psalm 90:14 (New International Version)
ReplyDelete"Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence" - Psalm 21:6 (New International Version)
"I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels" - Isaiah 61:10 (New International Version)