One night this past week, I had a dream and in it I was at a church service and there was someone talking to all the losers in the crowd. They were asked to come up and confess to everyone how big of a loser they were. I was one of those that was told to confess my loser status to this huge crowd.
After I woke up, I knew that no respectable preacher would do such a thing, and realized that dreams are not just God given but can come from the pit of hell. On the surface it appeared as if it was from God, since after all it was taking place in a church service. But most importantly, I knew that I am not a loser and the voice that tells me that I am is not from God and I too often agree with it. But if we look at what God says about us, we will realize we are not losers.
1) Genesis 1: 26-27 says "Then God said, "Let us make people in our image, to be like ourselves. They will be masters over all life-- the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the livestock, wild animals, and small animals." So God created people in his own image; God patterned them after himself; male and female he created them." These verses tells us that we are created after the image of God. So if we are truly losers, then God is too. But we know that He is not a loser, so therefore, we are not losers either. We may not understand what is happening to us at the moment or why we are experiencing at the moment (or for what seems like a LONG time), but we are not losers.
2) Revelation 4:11 "You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created everything, and it is for your pleasure that they exist and were created." God begins His word by declaring we are made in His image and ends it by saying we are created for His pleasure. The God of all the Universe, who breathes stars and created incredible galaxies, created us for His pleasure. The God who uses Gold as paving, is not pleasuring over garbage or junk, He only pleasures over the best. When we see people that are not very desirable to us or we consider as the bottom dregs of society, think about this. They are not garbage, they are not losers. they are made in God's image and for His pleasure, just as you are.
3) Ephesians2:10 "For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." So what is a masterpiece? It is defined as "a work done with extraordinary skill;
a work of outstanding artistry, skill, or workmanship,
an artist's or craftsman's best piece of work." If we go with this definition, we see that God is the maker/artist and we are the masterpiece. We are made with extraordinary skill, we are His best piece of work. We may not feel like it, but we are. A masterpiece has to be painted or chiseled, or made by whatever means and material the artist chooses, and that is God's choice, not ours. We are His crowning piece of work. We may not feel like it, but a masterpiece also never looks like a magnificent piece of art while the artist is still working on it.
If we compare ourselves to others, especially those we feel are what we want to be like or wish we were like, then we start feeling and believing the lie that we are less than a masterpiece, a loser. But we are not. We are exactly the way we are because the Great Craftsman has made us in His image, for His pleasure, and made to be a masterpiece. So the next time you feel like telling yourself you are a loser, remember these three verses. If you remember them, let them encourage you and help you to believe that you are NOT a loser, no matter what the enemy tries to convince you or what society or even your own perceptions try to convince you of. God made you just the way you are for a reason and loves you with His whole being (which is quite big) and wants you to become all He has for you and most importantly, a masterpiece made in His image and for His pleasure. In other words, YOU ARE NOT A LOSER!
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