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This is what defines me.
Something that defines you can be anything running your life. Anything driving your life while you sit in the passenger seat. What defines you is what also matters most to you, what consumes your time and energy, the stuff or the thing that takes up most of your thoughts. It can be an object, a belief, a good event, a bad event, your past, your thoughts on the future, your worries, people, words that have been said upon you, something someone has done to you, death of someone, a relationship with someone, and so on.
Think of the one thing that defines your life, and once you’ve realized what it is, continue reading.
What good is that thing going to do for you if it’s directing your life? For example, if you are defined by being “cool” at school or work or wherever, is that going to bring fulfillment for your life ahead of you? What happens when people stop thinking you’re cool, what do you have to fall back on? If you are defined by what people have said about you (you’re fat, you’re a slut, you’re ugly), how is that going to make you happy in the long run? How is putting yourself down ever going to awaken the joy in your heart? Don’t you want to be happy?
When we allow these things to direct our lives, it is like going on a road trip and getting blind man to direct us. You’re going to go no where, Maybe Get lost? Yes. Find yourself Confused? Probably.
“But Paige, I can’t let go of these things, I can’t do it on my own.”
I get it. And that’s why we don’t have to do it alone, God is with us, God defines us, not those useless things we let define us.
Would you rather be stuck in the past, or living a joyful future with Gods guidance.
Would you rather listen to what other people say about you, or know the truth your creator has waiting for you to discover.
Would you rather listen to how hated you are by friends and family, or listen to how much God loves you no matter what.
Would you rather worry about the way you look, or let God show you how perfect you are.
Would you rather only love God when your friend, youth pastor or parents love God and base your relationship with God around theirs, or have an intimate relationship with God and let him romance you in powerful ways.
Would you rather let abuse take over your emotions, or let God protect you and fight for you.
Would you rather stay lost, or get found.
Would you rather take the drugs and drink the alcohol, or fall deeply in love with the acceptance of God and the comfort he brings.
Have you chosen God yet?
Choosing God to define your life isn’t easy, it’s very difficult, but the outcome is SO great, so wonderful, it’s indescribable. These things that used to define you, we’re put there by Satan and when satan sees you getting closer to God and letting God take over, he is going to attack full force, bringing those things back into your life, making you doubt the fact that the way God defines you is great, but you can’t let him win, in order to live a life where you can have a full relationship with God and where he defines you, you can’t even let one bit of you fall into those things that used to define you, they are gone and are no longer a part of your heart. Satan cannot win this, let God fight for you.
ABUSE DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
THE PAST DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR REPUTATION DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
PEOPLE DON’T DEFINE WHO YOU ARE.
YOUR BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND DO NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR MISTAKES DO NOT DEFONE YOU.
YOUR SICKNESS DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
DEPRESSION DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR RELATIONSHIP STATUS DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR CHURCH DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR MONEY DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR FRIENDS DO NOT DEFINE YOU.
ADDICTION DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
SEX DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR AGE DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR SCHOOL DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR CLOTHES DON’T DEFINE YOU.
YOUR IQ DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR JOB DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR PARENTS DO NOT DEFINE YOU.
DRUGS DO NOT DEFINE YOU.
ALCOHOL DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR FAMILY DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
GOD DEFINES YOU!!
You don’t understand how you can just leave all this stuff behind without God judging you for it? Jesus died on the cross for all this. He was beaten and then sent to death so that this stuff will no longer be a part of your life. God says in the bible that, “He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you, and to show you that I am not counting your sins.” He also says, “come home and ill throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen” (these are the words of God from the bible, I’m not quite sure which verse, but its still there, and its truth) Jesus also resurrected, he had new life, which means all of the stuff that defines us will die and we will gain new life in which God is the leader, he is the one who defines us.
How do you let God define you? just speak to him, pray, read the bible, see what god has to say. Ask him questions and truly keep silent and listen for the answer in which he brings forward. It doesn’t have to be a long and majestic prayer with the Shakespeare language that most people don’t understand, it can be simple, but make it your own and make it mean something. Also, get someone who you trust to keep reminding you to speak to God who keeps reminding you that God defines you and who will tell you honestly when you are falling back onto those other things that you once let define you.
When God defines your life, it is purposeful and means something to you.
When you let other stuff define you, you find yourself going no where, screaming “S.O.S”
So now, what defines your life?
This is what defines me.
Something that defines you can be anything running your life. Anything driving your life while you sit in the passenger seat. What defines you is what also matters most to you, what consumes your time and energy, the stuff or the thing that takes up most of your thoughts. It can be an object, a belief, a good event, a bad event, your past, your thoughts on the future, your worries, people, words that have been said upon you, something someone has done to you, death of someone, a relationship with someone, and so on.
Think of the one thing that defines your life, and once you’ve realized what it is, continue reading.
What good is that thing going to do for you if it’s directing your life? For example, if you are defined by being “cool” at school or work or wherever, is that going to bring fulfillment for your life ahead of you? What happens when people stop thinking you’re cool, what do you have to fall back on? If you are defined by what people have said about you (you’re fat, you’re a slut, you’re ugly), how is that going to make you happy in the long run? How is putting yourself down ever going to awaken the joy in your heart? Don’t you want to be happy?
When we allow these things to direct our lives, it is like going on a road trip and getting blind man to direct us. You’re going to go no where, Maybe Get lost? Yes. Find yourself Confused? Probably.
“But Paige, I can’t let go of these things, I can’t do it on my own.”
I get it. And that’s why we don’t have to do it alone, God is with us, God defines us, not those useless things we let define us.
Would you rather be stuck in the past, or living a joyful future with Gods guidance.
Would you rather listen to what other people say about you, or know the truth your creator has waiting for you to discover.
Would you rather listen to how hated you are by friends and family, or listen to how much God loves you no matter what.
Would you rather worry about the way you look, or let God show you how perfect you are.
Would you rather only love God when your friend, youth pastor or parents love God and base your relationship with God around theirs, or have an intimate relationship with God and let him romance you in powerful ways.
Would you rather let abuse take over your emotions, or let God protect you and fight for you.
Would you rather stay lost, or get found.
Would you rather take the drugs and drink the alcohol, or fall deeply in love with the acceptance of God and the comfort he brings.
Have you chosen God yet?
Choosing God to define your life isn’t easy, it’s very difficult, but the outcome is SO great, so wonderful, it’s indescribable. These things that used to define you, we’re put there by Satan and when satan sees you getting closer to God and letting God take over, he is going to attack full force, bringing those things back into your life, making you doubt the fact that the way God defines you is great, but you can’t let him win, in order to live a life where you can have a full relationship with God and where he defines you, you can’t even let one bit of you fall into those things that used to define you, they are gone and are no longer a part of your heart. Satan cannot win this, let God fight for you.
ABUSE DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
THE PAST DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR REPUTATION DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
PEOPLE DON’T DEFINE WHO YOU ARE.
YOUR BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND DO NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR MISTAKES DO NOT DEFONE YOU.
YOUR SICKNESS DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
DEPRESSION DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR RELATIONSHIP STATUS DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR CHURCH DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR MONEY DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR FRIENDS DO NOT DEFINE YOU.
ADDICTION DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
SEX DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR AGE DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR SCHOOL DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR CLOTHES DON’T DEFINE YOU.
YOUR IQ DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR JOB DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR PARENTS DO NOT DEFINE YOU.
DRUGS DO NOT DEFINE YOU.
ALCOHOL DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
YOUR FAMILY DOES NOT DEFINE YOU.
GOD DEFINES YOU!!
You don’t understand how you can just leave all this stuff behind without God judging you for it? Jesus died on the cross for all this. He was beaten and then sent to death so that this stuff will no longer be a part of your life. God says in the bible that, “He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you, and to show you that I am not counting your sins.” He also says, “come home and ill throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen” (these are the words of God from the bible, I’m not quite sure which verse, but its still there, and its truth) Jesus also resurrected, he had new life, which means all of the stuff that defines us will die and we will gain new life in which God is the leader, he is the one who defines us.
How do you let God define you? just speak to him, pray, read the bible, see what god has to say. Ask him questions and truly keep silent and listen for the answer in which he brings forward. It doesn’t have to be a long and majestic prayer with the Shakespeare language that most people don’t understand, it can be simple, but make it your own and make it mean something. Also, get someone who you trust to keep reminding you to speak to God who keeps reminding you that God defines you and who will tell you honestly when you are falling back onto those other things that you once let define you.
When God defines your life, it is purposeful and means something to you.
When you let other stuff define you, you find yourself going no where, screaming “S.O.S”
So now, what defines your life?
