We can also agree with the Lord daily what he has given us in Himself in exchange for hurts and lies that we may be tempted out of. For example.. What people think about me/my reputation could be a thing that removes my eyes from the Savior to myself (idolatry) and then I could believe the lie- I am stupid/look like a fool. Well don't you know that Christ had people probably screaming that in His face?! Imagine how he looked to people after telling the Jews and Roman soldiers alike that He was here to save the world and here he was facing death...actually in the process of dying. The world was shouting in His face how powerless and foolish he looked. The King of the Earth being hung in humiliation for all the world to point at and shame him. To man,y his ministry had failed, yet he knew the 'joy set before Him.' "For God demonstrates His own love for us in this: while we were still sinners (people who were slave to self, lived for self, lived in shame and have lives consumed with covering that shame) Christ died for us. Wow. I have seen when I am faced with any of these distractions it is best to take it to the cross, where Jesus can take care of it. He has ALREADY paid for it all, I just need to confess, a.k.a. agree that he did and receive my salvation (wholeness) from Him alone. He is the all-sufficient one. That is the gospel: just another example of how it applies to life all the time, every day. It IS our vital necessity! What can man do to me?! I am accepted, liberated and indwelled by the beloved who is my ONLY authority!!
Thank you so much Jesus. Thank you for your FINISHED work on the cross. Thank you that I don't have to go out searching for anything but you have given me an inheritance that has all I could possibly need for life here on earth and godliness in your sight. Thank you for lifting me out of the evil desires of the world and allowing me to partake in the divine nature that you have place inside me at and for salvation(2 peter 1:3-4)
