It's Me, God....: Freedom in Christ: A Contrast

COMMENTS

Every day, there are many voices speaking to each of us—sometimes quietly, sometimes loudly. Some of the voices tell us good, positive things. Some of the voices tell us negative, unpleasant things. Sometimes, what we hear is true; but sometimes, we hear lies.

NOTES

Matthew West has a song out now that I just love. It’s called “Hello, My Name Is”. I love it because it expresses in a beautiful song what our Savior has been speaking to me in recent years: the message that I became a new creation when I came to Him. All of my life, even AFTER I became a Christian, Satan has told me how unlovable I am. And most of my life, even AFTER I became a Christian, I believed him.

But God holds me and tells me and SHOWS me how very much I am loved. Why is it so much easier to believe Satan than it is to believe God? Satan has attacked me at my core. By the time I came to Christ, Satan had spent several years convincing me how hopeless and unlovable I was. I had been “programmed”, “brainwashed”, to believe his lies. Undoing that programming has taken some time; but God is the victor, the overcomer. Now, I can usually recognize the lies when Satan pummels me with them. And, with Matthew West, I can sing of my true identity:

Hello, my name is regret.

I’m pretty sure we have met.

Every single day of your life

I’m the whisper inside

That won’t let you forget.

Hello, my name is defeat.

I know you recognize me.

Just when you think you can win

I’ll drag you back down again

‘Til you’ve lost all belief.

Oh, these are the voices. Oh, these are the lies.

And I have believed them for the very last time.