Would You Risk Your Life To Save You?

If I were in a different body, looking at a photo of myself, knowing I'm "missing" and "out there" somewhere in a war torn country, I would use all means, all resources, every ounce of energy to save me, to get back to me, to be reunited with me... I'm worth it.

The Dollhouse - a series on Netflix

There is a series on Netflix called the Dollhouse. In this show, people contract their life/body for 5 years and after that time, they get a sum of money large enough to live luxuriously for a lifetime.
During the 5 year contract, their personality is wiped from their body and backed up to a hard drive. They are then "imprinted" with other personalities as is needed by the company for whatever characteristic or skill. Such as doctor, investigator, adventurous companion, romantic companion, etc.

I know this sounds odd...but stay with me here. I'm going somewhere with this.

How much would you sacrifice for YOU?
You might do it for others, but would you do it for you?

At the end of the 1st series, the main character has found herself imprinted into the body of a 10-12 year old little girl. Which is disconcerting considering she is about 30 years old.

She stands in front of a wall of photos of those who had also been "wiped of their personalities" and finds her own picture. She says, "I hope we find me alive." The me she references is her body, but with other personalities in it and none of her own memories. The reason she makes that statement is that they are about to traipse across a war torn country of people who have been imprinted and gone crazy.

So what struck me, for anyone suffering with low self-esteem, if you were put into this type of situation (hypothetically of course), would you cross hell or high water to save yourself and be reunited? Would you find yourself worthy of such a sacrifice? [Jesus did.]

Don't give up on you. Jesus thought you were worth it.

So why is it that so many people who are currently living within their own bodies devalue themselves, fall victim to depression, no self esteem, self-sabotaging choices and thinking? Allowing other people - outside of themselves to define who they are through words, accusations, and treatment of them. They let the inner-me take over and listen to disruptive and unproductive voices and messages on the inside of themselves...and that is how they live their life or rather, don't live it. Because that's not living.

If only there were a way to help those people step out of that body and mindset and see themselves from the outside, to see the bigger picture of their potential and who they are. There is!

KNOWING God - is the key. Father, Son and Holy Spirit loved you enough to give you choice, yet have a plan to save you in spite of yourself. And no matter the sacrifice, it was worth it to them. That's how much they value you. So how can you not value yourself as much as they do?

How can you value those who make unfounded claims about your worth or status in this world over yourself? If you even subconsciously believe what they say, then you are choosing to believe them over what YOU know to be true about yourself, your heart and your intent. Because that's the part of you that they don't know. That's between YOU and God.

Think about what you believe about you. You KNOW you. But you believe lies. I don't care how "balanced or stable" you appear to others. Everyone has a lie they believe about themself. If we didn't, we wouldn't have one single insecurity. And EVERYONE has those.

So to pull out of self-sabotaging thinking or speaking, the key is to read what God says about you. Speak out loud, not what you THINK, but what God says about you. Why? Because faith comes through hearing (Romans 10:17). If you say it enough, you'll believe it. How do you speak about your life? Why not try a different way?

 It's all in the bible. Start with Proverbs, that's a great book on leadership and if you need to lead anyone, it's YOU!

If you ever think less of yourself than what God does, you need to reprogram. And you do that through repetition and vigilance and commitment to this new way of thinking about and viewing yourself.

There is an enemy (including the inner-me) who is prowling around (1 Peter 5:8) just watching for your vulnerabilities. The enemy has heard every word out of your mouth since your birth, he knows exactly what you think about yourself, what your fears are and you have likely said quite a few things about yourself and your life that have invited him to come in and wreak havoc on your life...though you don't need much help. All he has to do is introduce one idea and you, with your insecurities, run with it and blow it all out of proportion and wreak your own havoc.

Whereas if you had your sense of self and value grounded not in what you think, not based on your history or experience, not based on what others have said about you or what society says about your "type", but based on what God says... THEN the enemy wouldn't have a foothold to get into your life. Even when he tries, he'd slip and fall away because you wouldn't have any hangups for him to hold on to... It would be like water off a ducks back.

So consider God's way. Stop trying to do it your way. Your way is grounded in deception. And if you don't agree, you're likely deceived. Everyone has SOME area of their life in which they are deceived...even successful people. So be aware. Be vigiliant. And stick with God and what HE has to say to you and you will truly rock this world and your craft will coast right through all of the tough storms that come your way.

Why? Because when you're grounded in Him, when it's all about Him, you don't care what you "lose" in this physical world because you have everything to gain in Him. What you have in this world, status, investments, assets, relationships, activities, toys, things, it's just stuff. It stays here and you're just a visitor here. It's not nearly as important as the bigger picture of what God has going on.

Example: God's Perspective (Click Here)

 Keep your head up friends. And keep your eyes on Jesus...and off of yourself!

Be Blessed!