THE ‘YOU’ GOD SEES

2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

I wonder how you see yourself? You grew up with you, you go to work with you, you shower with you, you go on holiday with you, you sleep with you and you may think you know yourself pretty well. You may be pleased or not pleased with you depending on how you see yourself.😊

But do you ever stop and think about the ‘You’ God sees? God is the only One who truly knows us and yet He still loves us and has placed us safely ‘in Jesus’. How thankful we can be for that!

We often behave according to how we see ourselves and if our confidence is in our own abilities, then at some point we will realise we’re not enough. But if our confidence is in who God has made us to be in Jesus then we’ll believe His promises and act accordingly.

For instance, if we come to God saying, “I’ve read my bible today Lord, I’ve prayed for ten minutes longer than usual, I’ve helped someone today, so please listen to my prayers”; then we’re depending on our works, we’re being self righteous, and we’ve fallen from His grace! (Galations 5:4)

But He wants us to come, not begging and pleading, but with boldness and confidence declaring our righteousness based solely on Jesus’ perfect righteousness that He gave to us, and then we’re in a place to receive His grace and all He has for us.😊

God sees the real you, in your spirit, as recreated in Christ Jesus. (2 Corinthians 5:17) We are a new creature, the old has gone and we are ‘Christ ones’, being transformed now in our souls as well, by the renewing of our minds.

God wants you to see you as He does, through the lens of Jesus, remembering we are ‘in Him’, washed clean by His blood, totally dependent on Him, anointed and equipped by Him.

So when the enemy tells you “You’re a mess, you can’t do this or that, you can’t ask God for anything”, put your breastplate of righteousness on and all your other armour and declare with boldness, “I am a child of God, I am the righteousness of God in Christ, I am who God says I am in Jesus and I can have what He says I can have, and be who He says I can be, so devil be gone!”

Father, open our eyes to see ourselves the way You see us, holy and righteous in Jesus and help us to live out His righteousness, the way You want us to, because of who You have made us to be in Jesus. Amen.