But who are you?
Everything you have listed is a
physical description and you know as well as I do that you are not your body.
Yes, your parents created your body, but without your spirit in your body, you
would not exist. You are a spirit. So, who are you really? Where did you come
from? And why did you come here to live on earth?
You are a Spirit sent from God.
(Pause... and think of that!)
You are a Spirit sent from God to
affect this planet.
(Did you really think your life
is an accident?)
Please say this out loud:
"I, _________, am a spirit sent from God."
If you are born again, your
inward witness just registered the entire truth of that statement. You know it
is true.
So why in the world have we been
wandering aimlessly around this earth believing something else? I'll tell you
why. When you were a child, you knew exactly who you were because you had just
come from God. It took many years of training for you to forget who you are and
believe you are what the world and the devil says you are.
Have you ever noticed that it is
perfectly acceptable to put yourself down, talk about your shortcomings, and
the negative traits about yourself? "I'm not very smart." "I'm
just a poor person." "I can only get low paying jobs." "I'm
just a sinner." "I'm not very spiritual."
Even when complimented, it is
traditional to say, "Oh, no, I didn't do anything." "What? This
old suit? No, I've had it for years. Can't afford a new one." When others
try to lift you up, it's your job to put yourself back down. After all, didn't
you learn this from you parents? After a certain age, it was no longer
acceptable to say with excitement and pride, "Look Mommy, see what I
did!" To avoid looking prideful, you were taught a false sense of
humility, to deny and disown your accomplishments.
We were taught that it was wrong
to recognize and acknowledge our own greatness.
Acknowledge Your Greatness
But don't try this in just any
church. The Word of God says that we are the righteousness of God in Christ.
(II Cor. 5:21) Say this out loud and you could be accused of blasphemy. Did you
know that quoting scriptures is blasphemous? Well, it is in some churches.
Several years ago when people began to realize the truth about our
righteousness and confess, "I am the righteousness of God in Christ",
there were outcries of "Blasphemy!" "You are a sinner."
"Who are you trying to be? God?" (Would you rather we try to be the
devil?)
Religion wants you to confess and
declare that you are a lousy, no-good sinner. That is acceptable in religion.
What do you think is acceptable to God? He is your Father and your Creator. He
created you in His image and His likeness. How do you think he feels when you
declare you are like the devil?
Religion implores us to declare
our weakness and lack of power. It demands we acknowledge our likeness to the
devil. Who do you think is behind all this? The devil, of course. He wants us
to believe that he is our father. He is not.
We are spirits sent from God! We
are made like him. His Spirit is in us. His greatness is in us. All that He is,
is inside us, a part of us, and we are a part of Him. Never again confess a
likeness to the devil or his traits. You are God's own holy creation.
Acknowledging Your Greatness is not a
Comparison
"But my parents told me I
would get a 'big-head' if I said stuff like that." Your parents told you
that out of fear that you would think you were better than everyone else. You
are not better than anyone else. Everyone is a spirit sent from God. When you
acknowledge that about yourself, you will also acknowledge it about others.
Why? Because when you truly believe that you are a spirit sent from God and you
are like God, you will see his greatness in others.
Every spirit has the right of
choice and some are choosing to be like the devil. They choose to behave like
the devil because they believe they are like him and there is no greatness in
them. If you believe you are a bad person, you will do bad things. If you
really believe that you are great, you will do great things.
You will never exalt yourself by
putting other people down. You cannot exalt your own race by being a racist.
Disrespecting women will never exalt men to who they really are. Women who put
down men do not exalt their gender.
God created all of us in His
image and His likeness. He created us to create and bring forth out of our
imagination our own individuality. Individuality, who you are, shows forth on
the earth the diversity and greatness of God.
God took a planet that was void
and without form and filled it with beautiful seas, fish, birds, animals of
every kind and color. Then He created man and woman to be like Him. Their
directive was to "guard and keep his creation." They were to be the
protectors of the physical manifestation of His greatness, the earth and the
fullness thereof.
As you know, the man and woman
chose to believe the serpent instead of God and things rapidly went downhill!
Through Christ, our authority has been restored to us. Jesus said, "All
power is given to me in heaven and in earth. "Whatever you ask in my name,
I will do.... We truly have the power and greatness to rule over this earth and
again be the protectors and restorers of God's creation.
So why aren't we doing it?
Because we don't really believe
it.
There is a residual belief of
unworthiness. A belief that we haven't really obtained that level of
spirituality yet. There is nothing to obtain. You are there. You are raised up
together with Christ and seated together with Him in heavenly places. (Eph.
2:6) You are not a child of the devil. Your Father and Creator is God. Your
greatness is a result of creation. No longer deny who you are. You are a spirit
sent from God. All His power is invested in you. All the wealth of heaven is
yours. The Wisdom of the Ages is on the inside of you. Go forth and reign in
this life!
Annette Capps
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