Average....that was what I used to think about myself. I thought I was average. Now, being a man, I would brag about myself like I was really awesome, but I was just trying to hide that label I had applied to myself. No one gave it to me, but I gave it to myself because I was always comparing myself to others. I could always find someone better than me at whatever I did, so I thought I was just average.
What label have you applied to yourself? Maybe its Depressed, Addict, Cheater, Lonely, Afraid, Poor, or something else. I don't know what label, or identity, you have taken on, but I do know if it does not line up with what God's word says about you it is a lie. Lie's come from the father of lies, Satan. He comes to steal, kill, and destroy by telling lies, and so many times I have believed him. You see, I knew what I was supposed to believe about myself, but I chose to believe the lies instead. When you boil it down, I was trusting Satan over God!
I am very fortunate to have some great friends that loved me enough to tell me what I was doing. Nothing slaps you in the face like, "You are trusting Satan over God." I was in denial at first. I mean, how can I be a pastor and be trusting Satan over God? After all, I sold my business and gave up my affluent lifestyle for Him right? I trusted Him a little, but the problem was I did not know God well enough to believe what He said about me was true. I am going to say that again...I did not know God well enough to believe what He said about me was true. I was too busy reading books, paying bills, and looking for Bible verses to tweet.
My business that I sold was an insurance agency. I was pretty dang good at selling insurance. I know I already confessed that I thought I was average, but in reality I was very successful. What helped me be successful is that I understood people and relationships. Every sale I made was not about the sale itself, but about the relationship. I knew that if someone was going to trust me with their business they had to get to know me. We had to build rapport. I always spent the majority of my time with clients building rapport, or trust. I put the relationship ahead of the results. The same is true of our relationship with God. So many times, I would use God for results and not relationship. I was not able to believe what He said about me was true until I trusted Him....so I had to get to know God. Who He really is. I found out He is my father, comforter, provider, protector, conqueror, healer, counselor, and on and on I could go.
Once I started making a point to know God, only then did I start to believe what He said about me was true. Now I know I am not average. If your father is a king, that makes you a prince right? I encourage you to pick up your Bible, our only source of truth without error, and read it. Not for results, but for relationship with Him. Write down every characteristic of God that you see in your journal. Then read over them to remind yourself who He is. Don't get too busy for the most important relationship you have. He is waiting patiently for you.
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