1 John 3:2 (KJV)
"Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:
but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him;
for we shall see him as he is."
"Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:
but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him;
for we shall see him as he is."
The world will always see us through their lens. We must earnestly while in the world see ourselves through the word of God. We are who we believe about ourself. Your beliefs are a product of your thoughts.
Your thoughts create your beliefs.
Your beliefs create your convictions.
Your convictions create your attitude.
Your attitude controls your perception.
And your perception dictates your behavior.
The result? Your life is what you think it should be.
Your thoughts create your beliefs.
Your beliefs create your convictions.
Your convictions create your attitude.
Your attitude controls your perception.
And your perception dictates your behavior.
The result? Your life is what you think it should be.
If everyone in your crowd, your sphere of friends, your family tells you anything other than what God says, reject it. God gives us the correct image of ourselves. God created us. God created us in His image. Do not allow yourself to see yourself as others see you. See yourself as God sees you, regardless of the reflection that others label you with. You may have heard all sorts of things, such as you are weak, not fast enough, not smart enough, not good enough....but you are exactly what God needs.
We become who we associate with! We become of one mind with those we think and converse. We’ve got to talk with Jesus and hang out with Jesus.
We become who we associate with! We become of one mind with those we think and converse. We’ve got to talk with Jesus and hang out with Jesus.
My "Raising Kings" was a huge success. Many found their identity. The person they were meant to be found the Spirit of that person. They became who they were always called to be.
There was once a farmer who lived in this village and also was a herder of sheep. One day, he took his sheep out to pasture, and while they were grazing, he suddenly heard a strange noise coming from a patch of grass, which first sounded like a kitten. Led by curiosity, the old shepherd went to see what was the source of this insistent sound, and to his surprise, he found a lone shivering lion cub, obviously separated from his family. His first thought was the danger he would be in if he stayed too close to the cubs and his parents returned. So the old man quickly left the area and watched from a distance to see if the mother lion or pack would return. However, after the sun began to set, there was still no activity to secure the lion cub. The shepherd decided that, in his best judgement, and for the safety and survival of the lion cub, he would take him to his farmhouse and care for him.
“The Lion had become a sheep by association.”
Over the next 8 months (# of new beginnings), the shepherd hand-fed this cub, with fresh milk and kept him warm and safe, secure in the protective confines of the farmhouse. After the cub had grown into a playful, energetic ball of shiny muscle, he would take him out with the sheep to graze. The lion cub grew with the sheep and became part of the herd. They accepted him as one of their own, and he acted like one of them, After 15 months had passed, the little cub became an adolescent lion but he acted, sounded, responded, and behaved just like one of the sheep. In essence, the lion had become a sheep by association. He had lost himself…., he had become one of them.
One hot day, 4 years later, the shepherd sat on a rock, taking refuge in the slight shade of a leafless tree. He watched over his flock as they waded into the quiet, flowing water of the river to drink.
The lion who thought he was a sheep followed them into the water to drink, Suddenly, just across the river there appeared out of the thick jungle bush a large beast that the lion cub had never seen before. The sheep panicked and as if under a spell of some survival instinct, they leaped out of the water and dashed in the direction of the farm. They never stopped until they were all huddled behind the fence in the pen. Strangely the lion cub, who was now a grown lion, was huddled with them, stricken with fear.
While the flock scrambled for the safety of the farm, the beast made a sound that seemed to shake the forest. When he lifted his head above the tall grass, the shepherd could see that he held in his blood-drenched mouth the lifeless body of a lamb from the flock. The man knew that danger had returned to his part of the forest.
Seven days passed without further incident, and then, while the flock grazed, the lion cub now grown went down to the river to drink again. As he bent over the water, he suddenly panicked and ran wildly toward the farmhouse for safety. The sheep did not run and wondered why he had, while the lion wondered why the sheep had not run, since he had seen the beast again. After a while, the young lion went slowly back to the flock and then to the water to drink again. Once more, he saw the beast and froze in panic.
It was his own reflection in the water.
While he tried to understand what he was seeing, suddenly the beast appeared out of the jungle again. The flock dashed with breakneck speed toward the farmhouse, but before the young lion could move, the beast stepped in to the water toward him and made that deafening sound that filled the forest. For a moment the young lion felt that his life was about to end. He realized that he saw not just one beast, but two. One in the water and one before him.
His head was spinning with confusion as the beast came with 10 feet of him and growled at him face-to-face with frightening power in a way that seemed to say to him, “Try it, and come and follow me.”
He felt stirrings that he had never known before.
As fear gripped the young lion, he decided to try to appease the beast and make the same sound. However, the noise that came from his gaping jaws was the sound of a sheep. The beast responded with an even louder burst that seemed to say, “Try it again.” After seven or eight attempts, the young lion heard himself make the same sound as the beast. He also felt the stirrings in his body and feelings he had never known before. It was as if he was experiencing a total transformation in mind, body and spirit.
Suddenly, there stood in the river of life two beast growling at and to each other. Then the shepherd saw something he would never forget. As the beastly sounds filled the forest for miles around the big beast stopped, turned his back on the young lion, and started toward the forest. Then, he paused and looked at the young lion, and started towards the forest. Then, he paused and looked at the young lion one more time and growled, as if to say, “Are you coming?” The young lion knew what the gesture meant and suddenly realized that his day of decision had arrived. The day he would have to choose whether to continue to live life a a sheep or to be the self he had just discovered.
He knew that, to become his true self, he would have to give up the safe, secure, predictable, and simple life of the farm and enter the frightening, wild, untamed, unpredictable, dangerous life of the jungle. It was a day to become true to himself and the false image if another life behind, It was an invitation to a sheep to become a king. Most importantly an invitation for the body of a lion to possess the Spirit of a Lion.
After looking back and forth at the farm and the jungle a few times, the young lion turned his back on the farm and the sheep with whom he lived for years, and he followed the beast into the forest to become who he always had been…a lion king!
It is a difficult transition across the river to our true identity.
You will have to leave the safe confines of being a follower, if you are going to become who God created you to be. Get your roar back!
“The Lion had become a sheep by association.”
Over the next 8 months (# of new beginnings), the shepherd hand-fed this cub, with fresh milk and kept him warm and safe, secure in the protective confines of the farmhouse. After the cub had grown into a playful, energetic ball of shiny muscle, he would take him out with the sheep to graze. The lion cub grew with the sheep and became part of the herd. They accepted him as one of their own, and he acted like one of them, After 15 months had passed, the little cub became an adolescent lion but he acted, sounded, responded, and behaved just like one of the sheep. In essence, the lion had become a sheep by association. He had lost himself…., he had become one of them.
One hot day, 4 years later, the shepherd sat on a rock, taking refuge in the slight shade of a leafless tree. He watched over his flock as they waded into the quiet, flowing water of the river to drink.
The lion who thought he was a sheep followed them into the water to drink, Suddenly, just across the river there appeared out of the thick jungle bush a large beast that the lion cub had never seen before. The sheep panicked and as if under a spell of some survival instinct, they leaped out of the water and dashed in the direction of the farm. They never stopped until they were all huddled behind the fence in the pen. Strangely the lion cub, who was now a grown lion, was huddled with them, stricken with fear.
While the flock scrambled for the safety of the farm, the beast made a sound that seemed to shake the forest. When he lifted his head above the tall grass, the shepherd could see that he held in his blood-drenched mouth the lifeless body of a lamb from the flock. The man knew that danger had returned to his part of the forest.
Seven days passed without further incident, and then, while the flock grazed, the lion cub now grown went down to the river to drink again. As he bent over the water, he suddenly panicked and ran wildly toward the farmhouse for safety. The sheep did not run and wondered why he had, while the lion wondered why the sheep had not run, since he had seen the beast again. After a while, the young lion went slowly back to the flock and then to the water to drink again. Once more, he saw the beast and froze in panic.
It was his own reflection in the water.
While he tried to understand what he was seeing, suddenly the beast appeared out of the jungle again. The flock dashed with breakneck speed toward the farmhouse, but before the young lion could move, the beast stepped in to the water toward him and made that deafening sound that filled the forest. For a moment the young lion felt that his life was about to end. He realized that he saw not just one beast, but two. One in the water and one before him.
His head was spinning with confusion as the beast came with 10 feet of him and growled at him face-to-face with frightening power in a way that seemed to say to him, “Try it, and come and follow me.”
He felt stirrings that he had never known before.
As fear gripped the young lion, he decided to try to appease the beast and make the same sound. However, the noise that came from his gaping jaws was the sound of a sheep. The beast responded with an even louder burst that seemed to say, “Try it again.” After seven or eight attempts, the young lion heard himself make the same sound as the beast. He also felt the stirrings in his body and feelings he had never known before. It was as if he was experiencing a total transformation in mind, body and spirit.
Suddenly, there stood in the river of life two beast growling at and to each other. Then the shepherd saw something he would never forget. As the beastly sounds filled the forest for miles around the big beast stopped, turned his back on the young lion, and started toward the forest. Then, he paused and looked at the young lion, and started towards the forest. Then, he paused and looked at the young lion one more time and growled, as if to say, “Are you coming?” The young lion knew what the gesture meant and suddenly realized that his day of decision had arrived. The day he would have to choose whether to continue to live life a a sheep or to be the self he had just discovered.
He knew that, to become his true self, he would have to give up the safe, secure, predictable, and simple life of the farm and enter the frightening, wild, untamed, unpredictable, dangerous life of the jungle. It was a day to become true to himself and the false image if another life behind, It was an invitation to a sheep to become a king. Most importantly an invitation for the body of a lion to possess the Spirit of a Lion.
After looking back and forth at the farm and the jungle a few times, the young lion turned his back on the farm and the sheep with whom he lived for years, and he followed the beast into the forest to become who he always had been…a lion king!
It is a difficult transition across the river to our true identity.
You will have to leave the safe confines of being a follower, if you are going to become who God created you to be. Get your roar back!
ACTION STEPS: God is waiting on you to reach out and touch Him. Call upon Him. Ask Him to make you more than you believe yourself to be. Ask God to help you develop into who HE created you to be. Go ahead and try to roar....it may take a few attempts but you will never know if you don't try.
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Let's Raise kings for the King of kings is returning.
Let's Raise kings for the King of kings is returning.
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