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I have to constantly remind myself that I am not my past, nor the projections that others hold of me.
Sometimes it’s the mistakes I’ve already laid down at the feet of Jesus, that try to call me back. Other times it’s the lies people have picked up about me and ran with, stories I never told nor lived.

I’ve been called things outside of my name, even from some who carry power in their tongues. Yet God has released me from the snares of their interpretations. Still, I have to stay rooted in truth. If I let go of who I am in Christ, I start to spiral.

I wrote the message above to myself during one of those moments. It was a gentle truth that freedom requires remembrance. Every day I must choose truth over accusation, grace over guilt, peace over the urge to prove myself.

If my life’s work consists of consistently reminding believers who they are, then I would be pleased to carry out that work, no matter how exhausting it may seem. The accuser wastes no day, no hour, in telling us otherwise. So I will spend my days cutting those lies off every time they try to take root.

Don’t you ever give in to the lies spoken of you, especially when you’ve already surrendered your life to Christ and your days bear the fruit of repentance. Let your life keep testifying to the change they cannot see. The world may cling to its versions of you, but Heaven bears witness to the truth of who you are.

Hold on to that.

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