Seeing your life as a journey can make a huge difference in your life. In this episode, we break apart Proverbs 3:5 … a verse everyone knows … but have we REALLY seen the power in this verse?
The Bible looks at life in terms of journeys. “In all your journeys…” In all the roads of your life, in all the pathways you find yourself walking on … not crises, journeys. And when I saw that, it was the most liberating experience, to be able to revamp my understanding of life. It’s not a series of crises. It’s not a series of interruptions. It’s journeys. And if I can understand my journeys, and what is going on, and why I’m on the journey, then I can enter into a peace and flow in life that I say, again, is liberating.
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In this episode, we cover the 2nd part of the Search for Self-Worth. In particular, we discuss how we got into the mess we are in today … mid-life crises, poor self esteem, the madness of searching for significance, …
To understand this, we must go back to the beginning … to our original parents believing THE lie. And see how man, by his choice, walked away from his only true source of worth … and the downward spiral that resulted.
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Question:
“Did Paul’s eschatological expectations change over time? In other words, why does Paul seem to stress resurrection in his earlier writings, and then favor a sort of afterlife with Christ in his later writings?”
The answer from N. T. Wright:
We return to the issue of our value and worth. Man’s need to find significance and purpose can lead to continual failure.
self-worth
In this episode, we look at the idea of our search for significance. This is based on a talk I recently gave on the topic.
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If we don’t teach our children who God is, someone else will teach them everything that He’s not.
Who are you? What is your identity? If you look into a “spiritual mirror” as it talks about in the book of James … who do you see?
identity
We are a brand new creature in Christ. Not just an “upgraded model” but something radically different. But do we see ourselves this way? Or do we hold on to a lot of “stinkin’ thinkin'”?
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Why do we feel the pressure to be “perfect” before we will believe that God truly loves us? Haven’t we realized that God loves failures? That our failures do not sway Him in anyway?
God loves failures
It is time to make a shift … to see God more as our parent than as our judge. Listen as I describe 5 Biblical examples of “royal failures” to encourage you to see how God truly loves failures.
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