Psalm 139
Isaiah 55
8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Isaiah 55:8-9
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
The Lord says,
Come to Me, and fill your heart with My joy. Come to Me, and find rest, assurance and peace. Come to Me, and live in bright, sparkling hope for not just the days ahead, but for today. Come, sit and dwell with Me. Let me impart a glorious and previously unimaginable vision for the future. All things are possible with Me. None of My words fall to the ground. None of My words do not accomplish that for which I sent them. I do what I say I will do. I Am Who I say I Am. Also of critical importance for you is — you are who I SAY you are. Get aligned with who I say you are.
13 For You formed my inward parts;
Psalm 139:13-4
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
Get aligned with who I say you are. Cede your identity to Me, and watch how I transform your reality into something beautiful, pure, lovely and more glorious than you could have hoped or imagined. When you define your identity in your own strength, in your own mind, it has limitations and darkness. When you let others define you, it adds the weight of pressure. When you let Me define you, when you let the One who created you define you — give you your true identity —it cannot be wrong. Only the Creator knows the complexities, capabilities and inherent worth of His creation. So it is true with you. Only I can reveal what is inside of you. I put it there.
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
Psalm 139:15-16
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
You haven’t even plumbed the depths of your own abilities, proclivities and talents. I have made some quite visible and easy to see. Others I have buried like treasure deep within you. Yet others carry a longing that perhaps cannot be voiced. Only I can bring the true you, the real you, the whole you into destiny encounters that release, activate and launch these hidden aspects of you. Only I can propel them into action, into view, into beautiful uses that meet great needs, fulfill longings and connect you with true purpose. Only I can do that.
17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
Psalm 139:17-18 (NLT)
They cannot be numbered!
18 I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!
Don’t settle for man’s definition of you. Don’t settle for the world’s view of you. Don’t settle for peers’ or bosses’ or even parents’ definition of you. Don’t box yourself in, or allow yourself to be named anything that I don’t say you are. You are beautiful. You are lovely. You are perfectly and wonderfully made. I have a plan and purpose for you. I created you to enjoy life — life more abundantly.
My definitions of you bring freedom and true, vibrant technicolor life. Find your identity in Me. Find your worth and your value in Me. Come, and find your destiny in Me. Catch a vision unlike any other for your future in Me. Come. Come not only to find it, but come, grasp My hand and walk with Me into your future, into My truth — which is the only truth. Come walk with Me into the destiny that I have handcrafted and tailor-made for you, because I love you, I adore you, and I have made you for success, prosperity and abounding joy. Come.
How to Respond
- Submit your life to the Lord. Sit with the Lord and ask Him who He says you are. Don’t be afraid. He only has good thoughts toward you. He loves you, and He adores you.
- Spend time in worship. Cultivate a heart filled with the joy of the Lord and gratitude for His work in your life.
- Pray, Lord, help me to train my heart and my mind to believe that I am only and completely who You say I am. Help me to walk toward the beautiful future and destiny you have for me — hand in hand with You.
- Declare, the Lord God Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth is the only person who gets to define me, who gets to tell me who I am. He defines me as lovely, as worthy, as His. He defines me as His well-loved child, as pure, adored, sought after and treasured.
- Decree, I tear down every construct and refuse every definition of me, every version and aspect of my identity that does not align with the Word of the Lord God Almighty, my Savior and King. I will walk in the grace and overwhelming accepting love of the Lord. I will walk in obedience and find my identity only in Him.
- Decree, I am who He says I am. I can do the things He has called me to do. The Lord is my strength, my joy, my shield, my anchor; and I will not be moved.
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