Who Do You Think You Are?

My daughter was at the bakery this week ordering decorated cookies for Emma's birthday party when some one she hardly knew came up to her and said "I heard you were really sick. You look fine to me." Holly simply said "There are good days and bad" and walked away. Now momma bear wants to say "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Where did you get your medical degree?"

Not even doctors can walk by someone and determine a diagnosis, let alone the level of pain. They weren't the ones sitting with her at the hospital when she was screaming in pain. Is their heart so small and prayer life so sparse that they can only have compassion on someone in the ICU?

Before I need to repent for judging the judgers, I need to recognize who is my real enemy. Satan is the accuser of the brethren. One of his favorite whisperings is "who do you think you are?" Who do you think you are...that your prayers matter, that you can...teach, sing, write or whatever God is calling you to do.

His goal is to get us defeated before we can accomplish anything for the kingdom. If he can't keep us down doubting our self, he works to divide the body with judgment and strife. We need to stop listening to what the enemy and other people are saying about who we are and listen to what God is saying...

• I am God’s child - for I am born again of the incorruptible seed of the Word of God (I Peter 1:23)
• I am God’s workmanship, created in Christ unto good works (Ephesians 2:10)
• I am His elect, full of mercy, kindness, humility, and long suffering (Romans 8:33; Colossians 3:12)
• I am a believer, and the light of the Gospel shines in my mind (II Corinthians 4:4)
• I am a doer of the Word and blessed in my actions (James 1:22,25)
• I am a joint-heir with Christ (Romans 8:17)
• I am a new creature in Christ (II Corinthians 5:17)
• I am a partaker of His divine nature (II Peter 1:3,4)
• I am a spirit being - alive to God (I Thessalonians 5:23; Romans 6:11)
• I am a tither, so I have the right to heavenly windows open and poured-out blessings! (Malachi 5:10)
• I am alive with Christ (Ephesians 2:5)
• I am an ambassador for Christ (II Corinthians 5:20)
• I am an overcomer by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony (Revelation 12:11)
• I am born of God, and the evil one does not touch me (I John 5:18)
• I am called of God to be the voice of His praise (II Timothy 1:9; Psalm 66:8)
• I am complete in Him Who is the Head of all principality and power (Colossians 2:10)
• I am delivered from the power of darkness and translated into God’s kingdom (Colossians 1:13)
• I am far from oppression, and fear does not come near me (Isaiah 54:14)
• I am firmly rooted, built up, established in my faith and overflowing with gratitude (Colossians 2:7)
• I am forgiven of all my sins and washed in the Blood (Ephesians 1:7)
• I am free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2)
• I am greatly loved by God (Colossians 3:12; Romans 1:7; I Thessalonians 1:4; Ephesians 2:4)
• I am healed by the stripes of Jesus (I Peter 2:24; Isaiah 53:5)
• I am holy and without blame before Him in love (I Peter 1:16; Ephesians 1:4)
• I am more than a conqueror through Him Who loves me (Romans 8:37)
• I am part of a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people (I Peter 2:9)
• I am raised up with Christ and seated in heavenly places (Colossians 2:12; Ephesians 2:6)
• I am redeemed from the curse of sin, sickness, and poverty (Galatians 3:13; Deuteronomy 28:15-68)
• I am strengthened with all might according to His glorious power (Colossians 1:11)
• I am submitted to God, and the devil flees from me because I resist him in the Name of Jesus (James 4:7)
• I am the head and not the tail; I am above only and not beneath (Deuteronomy 28:13)
• I am the light of the world (Matthew 5:14)
• I am the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ (II Corinthians 5:21)
• I am the temple of the Holy Spirit; I am not my own (I Corinthians 6:19)