The Lord has been training me in a new way, away from codependancy and into an unshakable knowledge of my identity. I want to be watching and following God like Lucy learns to track Aslan in Prince Caspian. Do you remember? Lucy gets a lesson in who her Authority is and how essential it is that she follows, whether her path is understood and others follow or not.
Gianna Jessen gets it. (Check out the last post. Learn. Mark. and Inwardly Digest.)
1. She's straightforward, not apologizing, not afraid of being hated (My Jesus was hated and I expect to be hated too.) There's nothing codependant about her!!!
2. Her obvious love of the audience does not make her soften the truth.
3. Her warmth, smile, and crinkly eyes. She doesn't keep her emotions at the anger level. She shows complex warmth. Very 1 Corinthians 13. Her heart is engaged.
4. Her comfort within her very visible cerebral palsey weakness. She even calls it a gift. Can we do that with our weaknesses? Christ is our overcomer...and if something else is overcoming us instead, this is an affirmation of the need for healing. Pursue healing actively! It is one of the necessities for a victorious life.
5. She does not allow the obvious powerful make up of her audience or the formality of the setting intimidate her.
6. The pain of her story has become the power behind her ministry. She has mined the riches stored in dark places!Isaiah 45:3
6. She knows who and Whose she is, solid in her true identity! Her identity is not on the periphery but central to her message. "I am God's girl." This can only come, I believe, through scripture/truth memorization. The answer has to be God-breathed. Listen to what God has to say about you. Memorize it. The truth has to replace all the voices rooted in your mind, past and present. Memorize it again and watch His internal surgery take place.
Thank you Gianna!
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