Fear is a Liar ~ Zach Williams
So no weapon that
is used against you will defeat you. You will show that those who speak against
you are wrong. These are the good things my servants receive. Their victory
comes from me,” says the Lord. ~ Isaiah 54:17 ICB
We've all experienced the hurtful sting of someone
speaking ill against or to us. But sometimes we let those hurts define us. When
Savannah was one month old, they called her "failure to thrive"
because she never regained her birth weight. At All Children's Hospital, they
wanted Savannah to eat formula. We offered it to her, but after she threw up
the first one, she refused the others. The next morning, the student doctor
told me I was a bad mom. The words hit me harder because someone had already
commented that "failure to thrive" refers to babies who aren't held
enough. Those two comments crippled me, right there. I wanted so desperately to
be a good mom, but right out of the gate, I was told that I was a bad one.
Has that ever happened to you? Did you recover? Or are
those words, is that lie, still spinning in your brain?
Savannah's story ends well. The "real" doctor
came and gave her Similac Alimentum, which we later discovered is the only
gluten free formula. After that, Savannah went from failure to thrive to the
90th percentile, where she still registers.
Why do we allow hurtful words and lies to define and
weigh on us? It's time to cast off those hurtful words and lies! God says you
are a beautiful masterpiece that He created, (Ephesians 2:10). Sometimes when
we've believed a lie for so long, it's hard to believe something else, even
though we want to believe the Truth. That's why Jesus said He's washing His
Bride in the water of the Word, (Ephesians 5:26). He's going to continue to
speak, sing, minister, and as gentle as water, pour it over you until His Truth
replaces old lies.
If there's a lie you've believed, it's time to give it to
Jesus and let Him wash you in His love until you believe it's true.
©Heather Potts 2018
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