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King's Inspiration: Do you have the right image of God
from TT 177
by TIMES TODAY
Do you have the right image of God?
By William King | Email: kingwilliam189@gmail.com | image courtesy: Grace Life Church
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How do you see God? The apostle Paul says, “Because of our faith in Christ, we can come fearlessly into God’s presence, assured of His glad welcome” (Ephesians 3:12).
If you have the right image of God, knowing that He gladly welcomes you, that He loves spending time with you, you will go fearlessly to Him.
All through the day, you will talk with Him as a son, or daughter. However, not many of us have the audacity to think that God would be happy to see us. So many people see Him as a harsh and condemning judge who holds our mistakes against us and expects us to be perfect.
Too often we have the wrong image of God and shrink back in fear and intimidation, feeling that we can never measure up and will always be unworthy. Your perception of God will have a great impact on whether, or not you become all you were created to be. He is not basing His “glad welcome” on your performance.
He made you in His own image and you are His most valuable possession. He
says, “See, I have tattoed your name on the palms of My hands” (Isaiah 49:16).
He knows the number of hairs on your head. He knows your thoughts before you think them. There is nothing more important to God than you. We have all made mistakes, gotten off course and done things we are not proud of. We let the accuser remind us of how unworthy we are, how we should be ashamed of ourselves. Do you know how God sees you?
Ephesians 1:4 says, “Even before He made the world, God loved us.”
Scripture says that He loves you unconditionally and sees you without fault. How can this be? Because Christ already paid the price for your sins, mistakes and failures. He sees you without fault but that won’t do you any good if you do not see yourself without fault.
Do not let a wrong image of God keep you from the blessings, joy, favour that belongs to you. Why don’t you drop the baggage of feeling unworthy, condemned and receive God’s glad welcome? He has already forgiven your sins. Come fearlessly into His presence, knowing that strongholds of guilt are being broken right now.
