Your wonderfully designed body tells a story, but you are not the main character, God is.
Your God designed body is telling a story:
Your menstrual cycle and fluctuating hormones during each phase + shedding of the uterine lining, tells us about a God of seasons, as it is written in Ecc 3:1-11.
Your thought patterns, ability to control your emotions, rewire your brain, show us a God whose words are living + active and whose Spirit is able to provide renewal, as it is written in Romans:
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Your ability to cry + the biochemistry of your tears and their impact on your stress response, shows us an empathetic God who cares for His creation by equipping us with measures to soothe our pain, until the day comes when He wipes all our tears away.
The shedding + renewal of your skin, blood cells, + hair shows us our God is a God of renewal + regeneration. It also shows us a God who knows us so intimately, He even knows the number of hair on our head, even though that number constantly changes.
“And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered...”
Luke 12:7
The impact of chronic shame + unforgiveness on our physical bodies, tells us the story of just how truly powerful the gifts of compassion, redemption, + forgiveness are.
But the thing is, it is not possible to give yourself of the gift of true compassion + forgiveness, without knowing the One from which these powerful healing balms flow. And that is when it becomes essential to disrupt false narratives.
The science of our bodies does not replace the truth that there is Biblical God + we need Him, it confirms it.
But when we get the narrative wrong, our actions, emotions, + purpose becomes blurred, + we begin to lose sight of our true purpose: reach a lost and dying world. It also leads us into the application of false concepts. Take these for example:
Though radical ownership is needed in your life, you are not the hero in your own story, if you were why would you need Jesus?
It is not possible to cultivate wisdom + bear fruit without spending time in God’s word + in prayer, if that were the case, why would He have written the words:
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:16
“All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness”
2 Tim 3:16
If it were possible to shed layers + reach your highest “feminine energy”or highest “human potential” by cultivating a clear conscience + renewal on your own, with the application of only self love, why would repentance + pursuit of Jesus ever be necessary? This concept would make these words void:
“The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. “ 2 Peter 3:9
We are God designed, but many twist this concept into a false narrative. A narrative where they become the main character on the pursuit of enlightenment. But the story is actually about a God on the pursuit of redeeming His people. It is so important to be cautious of the narratives we are walking in + the concepts we are believing because both impact our thoughts, behaviors, actions, + relationships. In a world trying to confuse you with tempting deceptions, remember the living words:
“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition andthe spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ. For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.” Col 2:8.
And remember where true freedom + wisdom lies: Jesus.
It is in Him where all the hidden treasures of wisdom + knowledge lie (Colossians 2:3).
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