Making Jesus Lord is where our communication with God begins. Our inner life with Jesus brings us maturity, as we learn to hear from Him personally as He speaks to us through His Word, the Bible. The supernatural world of a believer communing with God is just as if not more real than the natural world of the five senses.
Being content is important in living out our God given purpose in life. Being able to be socially present with others with strong boundaries. As a teen and early twenty year old, I was highly sensitive to others, with extreme empathy for people. Without a knowledge of the Word of God or a walking/talking day to day communication with Jesus, I became codependent upon others, where I lost my true self in them, becoming enmeshed in them. Not until I found my true identity “in Christ” was I able to develop a sense of compassion without losing myself at the same time. With a sense of “Christ in me”, I developed a shield around me. You are my shield,my glory, and the lifter of myhead. (Psalm 3:3)
Also underdeveloped in decision making, I was easily swayed toward the peer pressure from the crowd. And their opinions and their thoughts identified my sense of acceptance or unacceptance. I had to develop my sense of autonomy and good decision making. I got around people of faith who had these strengths and I learned from them. It is so important who we choose to hang around with. I got around people who prayed together in prayer groups. I learned how real the supernatural is. Church attendance is food for the Christian believer. We need others stronger than ourselves to help us grow, especially in our youth.
What separates us to live a life of contentment is beginning to hear the voice of God. When this happens, it is like a new born taking his first breath of air. His voice is real. It is usually not audible, but sometimes audible. It is a still, small voice. Not our conscience. Conscience is what we feel when we do something right or wrong. No, His voice (Holy Spirit within you) mentors us and says, “I will help you with this challenge. You will have victory over this. You are stronger than you think. I’ll help you heal. I’ll help you accept this and go on. I’ll help you to laugh, love, and live again.” or “Don’t feel bad. It is not as bad as you think or … Go this way”…… It is a nudge in the right direction. You might be driving and hear a song and something reminds you that everything is going to be all right. He (the Holy Spirit within you) will say to you, “You are beautiful. I love you just the way you are.” You may wake up feeling bad, but as soon as you start your day and get outside, you feel better as you go about the day.
As He speaks these loving words to us, we come to love ourselves again. And we find the jewel of self contentment within our inner selves. (Not in the clothes, the friends, the physical appearance, the wardrobe, what the apartment looks like, the car, the money, the job, the position, the grades)
If I am truly content, I am not concerned about what other people think about me because I already know what God thinks. Contentment is a supernatural anchor. It is rooted in the fact that Jesus loves me just the way I am, strengths, weaknesses, and all. So in time, I learn to rely and trust on Him, believing that He will bring to me what I need at the right time, place, and person. A parent always wants to give their children the best. He is our Father!
And the added benefit to this jewel of contentment is self confidence. And so, I can just be me, and trust that my confidence which is rooted in a God who lives within me will protect me with His shield. I am developing a humility in me that allows me to be honest with people. Self confidence than solves the problem of codependence. Because I now stand strong in my own personality, which sets me apart from the other person. Enmeshment is impossible with a person who has self confidence. How did this come to pass? From inferiority to confidence….Because the personal barrier is lifted of any secrets I have because I have been honest with God about my weaknesses. Without condemning myself, without even solving all the issues of my weakness, God still loves me and He still brings me His rest. Perfection is reserved for heaven.It is a lie that we must be perfect before we can enter the rest of God. I found this out when God gave me so much to do that it was impossible to complete it all. I had to rest! God has a sense of humor sometimes, and He knows how to get our attention.
And so, with self confidence developed, I stand strong in who I am, not in what I can do to help someone else. Boundaries now naturally just fall into plac and codependence leaves the scene. And I can now even better help people in this place of self confidence, with Christ in me, my hope of glory. God speaks to my innermost being on who to talk to, what to say, who to lead to the Lord which is our ultimate purpose in life. There is no force or spirit pushing me to do good. It is all done in the grace and the rest of God. And if I cross back to the old way, my body tells me. Slow down. Be at peace. Take a little vacation!
Friends, seek contentment. Make Jesus your Lord. Begin to talk to Him and listen as you read and study His Word. Look within oneself and ask God to help you with the things that are hard for you. Do not be hard on yourself. Get around people of faith who live with strong boundaries and live with compassion for others. Everytime I obeyed the Lord and still today, He always rewards my obedience and lets me know how real He really is. Obedience is hard, but the rewards are great. Take your time.
#Contentment will keep you from the deceptions that many teenagers are facing today about changing their sex or having sexual relations with their own sex. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Many serve Jesus as single men and women. But two is always better than one. If God made you male, you are male. Female, you are female. Do not be deceived by feelings which stem from past traumas, molestations, abuse, loss, whatever….. Deal with those issues and these other lies and deceptive feelings about gender identity will leave you. It is a process. But with God all things are possible. Bottom line, the Holy Spirit will help you to forgive those who have brought you pain. The memories will be there but the pain attached to them will leave you. Even some of the memories leave you.Always look to Jesus on the cross when needing to forgive something that is very hard. His words to the Father, “Forgive them Father for they know not what they do.”
It is your inner being, your spirit, that communes with God, that finds contentment is just who He created you to be. If you are highly sensitive, so be it. This is a gift from God when used properly with Christ in you, with self confidence and strong boundaries, following the Holy Spirits lead. #This has nothing to do with the need for a sex change. You are beautiful just as He made you! The spirit of a man or a woman is the candle of the Lord. (Proverbs 20:27)
Remember, We are responsible for training ourselves in the Word of God and in this communication with Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. And offering up our senses, sight, sound, smell, touch, taste, to God, watching what we engage in to purify our souls. When soul and spirit agree, the body has to bow to temptations. We belong to Jesus. Always giving thanks to God for what He has made us to be!
Surrendering to His authority in our lives brings us to contentment, and a security knowing we are totally in His hands. It is a little bit of heaven on earth when we know and experience Jesus Christ as our Lord living in our hearts, the Holy Spirit in us and hovering over us, and our Father God always watching over us.
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