Labels and what not 💭

Let God define you ❤️

“Who do men say that the son of man is?”

Jesus posed this question to his disciples and I need you to carefully read the event that follow.

““Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.” Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭16‬:‭14‬-‭17‬ ‭NLT‬‬

There are labels. People will box you, and place tags on you, don’t let them. The truth is sometimes they’re right, other times they’re not but what really matters is God’s label. The one that your Father in heaven has revealed to you.

My friends made a video for me on my birthday and I didn’t have the mind to watch it till the end. I still don’t and I’ve been promising myself that I’ll go back to it because I don’t necessarily believe what they said. “Who is this Anu that you speak of ?” Now the twist is lately I’ve also been getting some negative tags or labels and I’ve been agreeing with them but I’m refusing to do that now. I take those words and counter them with the word. I’m refusing to let that happen.

Your validation should be internal. It should come from the word of God. But do you know what God labels you as? Do you? Maybe start from there.

I used to think I wasn’t pretty. It’s funny right but I remember in secondary school one of my aunties in church was talking to us and she said “you are beautifully and wonderfully made” and sometimes in this adult journey when I look in the mirror and don’t particularly feel pretty or not so confident in how I look I remember that the God of the universe moulded me with creativity do you know who I ammm! 😂

I digress but you get the point.

Now let’s talk about addictions and habits. Just maybe for too long you’ve also let your habits and addictions define you. They are how you describe yourself. If I were in an addiction support group I would say “Hi I’m Anu and I’m addicted to drawing love images on any surface I find.”

I know it feels like you’re not making headway and it’s gradually becoming your identity but go back to the word! Let it come alive and let it direct who you speak. Keep speaking , keep speaking keep speaking. You won’t let go of 10-12 years habits and addictions in a month.

Keep at it. Keep speaking. It’s not just addictions it also bad habits maybe forgetfulness or lack of focus. It will take God to rewrite it.

“We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.”

Make use of the God’s mighty weapons. Take hold of the word of God and use iit. Take on the whole armory of God

“Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil.”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭11‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Life is too spiritual to let the world and things around it define you. Get your definition from God and run with it! I hope you search scriptures and the heart of God to know how he sees you. I won’t spell it out to you. No I won’t do that. Let your father minister what you are to you. Let him speak his heart to you himself. Search the scriptures.

“I pray that the light of God will illuminate the eyes of your imagination, flooding you with light, until you experience the full revelation of the hope of his calling —that is, the wealth of God’s glorious inheritances that he finds in us, his holy ones!”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭18‬ ‭TPT‬‬

As always I’m rooting for you!