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From Zero to Hero!
Last week we started the year coming out of the gate by affirming we were Born to Win! Even though everyone has blown it at one time or another, we press forward in learning to see ourselves as God sees us. You have to raise your thoughts higher (Isaiah 55:8). This week, we go from Zero to Hero!
1. God thinks about me.
Imagine that? Jeremiah 20:11 says, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not evil to give you a future and a hope.” God has plans to give you the future you hoped for; don’t let anyone tell you different. He has given us “hope” Biblically defined as “expectation,” in other words; something has already been done for us. Think of expectation like this: You’d look pretty silly waiting for a bus standing on a street corner without a posted bus stop. No, you wait at the appropriated bus stop expecting a bus to arrive because the scheduled stop has already been pre-determined!
The realization of how God sees us was overwhelming to David, too. As we read in Psalm 8:3-6, “…what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For you have made him a little lower than the angels [God], and You have crowned him with glory and honor…” Reading this, how can you consider yourself a zero? The Hebrew definition of “angels” in this verse is “Elohim” or God. The Biblical translators had a hard time wrapping their minds around the fact that God sees man as little “g” gods and translated the word incorrectly. In truth, our position is higher than that of angels. (Psalm 82:6) Angels are servants, here to serve us and deliver messages. They are not to be worshipped (John 10:34).
2. God has a plan for me. You are a hero!
“Hero” defined: a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent (we are children of God), endowed with great strength and ability (Romans 8:37), illustrious warrior; one that shows great courage. God sees you as an overcomer.
3. I need to see myself how God sees me. (Romans 12:2)
1 Corinthians 26-29; John 15:16; 1 John 5:1-4
All throughout the Bible are found people who the world would otherwise consider throwaways. Lest you think heroes of the Bible were perfect, here are a few examples: Rahab was a prostitute, yet she single-handedly saved the Nation of Israel with one act of bravery (Joshua 2). Moses was a murderer; Abraham distrusted God and disrespected his wife. David was a cocky boy. Peter was a failed fisherman who doubted. Paul was an executioner who killed in the “name of God.” God saw potential is every one of these flawed people, and their names are forever linked as those who were mighty in the faith.
1. God thinks about me.
Imagine that? Jeremiah 20:11 says, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not evil to give you a future and a hope.” God has plans to give you the future you hoped for; don’t let anyone tell you different. He has given us “hope” Biblically defined as “expectation,” in other words; something has already been done for us. Think of expectation like this: You’d look pretty silly waiting for a bus standing on a street corner without a posted bus stop. No, you wait at the appropriated bus stop expecting a bus to arrive because the scheduled stop has already been pre-determined!
The realization of how God sees us was overwhelming to David, too. As we read in Psalm 8:3-6, “…what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For you have made him a little lower than the angels [God], and You have crowned him with glory and honor…” Reading this, how can you consider yourself a zero? The Hebrew definition of “angels” in this verse is “Elohim” or God. The Biblical translators had a hard time wrapping their minds around the fact that God sees man as little “g” gods and translated the word incorrectly. In truth, our position is higher than that of angels. (Psalm 82:6) Angels are servants, here to serve us and deliver messages. They are not to be worshipped (John 10:34).
2. God has a plan for me. You are a hero!
“Hero” defined: a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent (we are children of God), endowed with great strength and ability (Romans 8:37), illustrious warrior; one that shows great courage. God sees you as an overcomer.
3. I need to see myself how God sees me. (Romans 12:2)
1 Corinthians 26-29; John 15:16; 1 John 5:1-4
All throughout the Bible are found people who the world would otherwise consider throwaways. Lest you think heroes of the Bible were perfect, here are a few examples: Rahab was a prostitute, yet she single-handedly saved the Nation of Israel with one act of bravery (Joshua 2). Moses was a murderer; Abraham distrusted God and disrespected his wife. David was a cocky boy. Peter was a failed fisherman who doubted. Paul was an executioner who killed in the “name of God.” God saw potential is every one of these flawed people, and their names are forever linked as those who were mighty in the faith.
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