The social media image said, “You get what you tolerate.”
I paused from scrolling for a second to ask myself questions: What have I been tolerating? Putting up with? Grinning, and bearing?
Scripture doesn’t say, “Tolerate the enemy.” It says, submit to God. Resist the enemy and he’ll flee. (Ja. 4:7)
Never once, did Jesus meet a person and say, “Oh, so you are struggling with sin? That’s okay. Not a big deal; grin and bear it.” Neither did He say, “So, you are feeling attacked? Just keep going, pretend that what you’re facing is not there and hang out with it for a while.”
No. We DO NOT tolerate attacks, bondage, lies or defeat. We do not give room for lesser things to overrule God’s great truth. We shut annoyances up and shut them down. Immediately, in the name of Jesus!!!
Never, ever, should we permit lesser lies to overrule our prominent position in Christ Jesus. We are dead to sin and alive to Christ! We do walk with a new nature! Nothing can take away what Christ has done for us…unless we allow our mind to agree with falsehoods. Or, we decide to ignorantly walk in sin.
With this, we must allow nothing to steal our identity in Christ Jesus.
Instead, we can choose to adamantly, radically, and furiously block lies, attacks, offenses, unforgiveness, bitterness, rejection and self-pity from redefining who we are. From morphing us into something or someone we are not.
To do this, we must disallow anything from putting separation between us and our first love.
“Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.” (1 Jo. 5:21)
Because we are children of God.
Because we are eternally loved.
Because we are chosen.
Because we are called.
Because we are wanted.
Forever. And ever. And ever. And ever, more.
We are not slaves to fear. We are not defeated foes. We are not forgotten. We are not working to gain back ground. Or, trying to work around an angry father. We are not made to shirk or shrink back. We are not defined by the past. Or the sum of what others have said about us.
We are children. We have a dad who loves us. Who chose us. Who wants us. We have a Savior who died for us. A great path ahead of us. Nothing can stop us, in Christ Jesus.
Cast off whatever is entangling you. The enemy is a liar.
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Kelly,
What a great manifesto and encouragement on kicking the enemy and his lies to the curb and replacing them with God’s truth. Nowhere does the Bible say we need to tolerate his lies!
Blessings,
Bev xx
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Good reminder. Tolerance is such a byword today, we forget there are things we should not tolerate.
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Amen. Amen and Amen again. Knowing who we are and whose we are make all the difference in the world. I am not a slave to fear. I do not have to shirk or shrink back. I am a daughter of the most High God and he loves me with an everlasting love. He chose me, he wants me, he died for me. Nothing can stop me in Jesus Christ. Yes!
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Just the words on your image are worth the cost of admission!
“We must allow nothing to steal our identity in Christ Jesus.” I agree. Too often we follow the crowd in believing things about ourselves, and worse–we create false identities for ourselves. Instead may we trust what Christ says and hold firm to that.
Too many of us are living with a wrong identity, one the world tries to assign us, aren’t we? Even when God allows tests and trials in our lives, we are not victims. Thanks for reminding us of these important truths.
You make some really great points. Thanks for writing about this.
“We DO NOT tolerate attacks, bondage, lies or defeat. We do not give room for lesser things to overrule God’s great truth. We shut annoyances up and shut them down. Immediately, in the name of Jesus!!!” Yes, we need to remember this. He has defeated all so we can live undefeated.
I loved this post! It reminds me of the Zach Williams song: No Longer Slaves. Have you ever seen the video of him singing in prison? So powerful…