Some lessons from God we learn through Him speaking to our spirit,
others through reading His word and sometimes through other people. This
powerful lesson was through the latter the powerful teacher and author
John Bevere as read from his book Extraordinary .
He explains how we have 3 images our projected image, our perceived
image and our true image. The projected one is the one we are trying to
portray, the kind of person we want people to think we are. The
perceived image is how we think people see us the kind of reputation we
believe to have. And lastly, our true image, the one only God and we can
see, and that s only if we are honest with ourselves
It made me realise how often I am not honest in my actions or words and
how much people s opinions of me really meant to me. I see now that if
God is to be my priority then only His opinion of me should count. In
other words, who do I fear most God s disapproval or my husbands, family
or friends? It was a light-bulb moment for me to realise that although
God loves me unconditionally, His pleasure or approval of me is
determined through the choices I make!
It is not always easy to get the balance right here, especially when you
are married to a non-believer, and I often have difficulty in trying to
keep both God and my husband happy, but going forward, I am determined
to do it God s way and leave the consequences to Him!
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