For many years l saw myself as nothing. When the enemy first introduced the lie to me it hurt. I hurt myself by believing it. As time went on , it didn’t hurt anymore, it was now part of me. I had the consciousness of the lie every day of my life so it became an identity. The results l was getting also suggested that l was an empty vessel. I do believe it changed how I viewed life in general; people, the world and especially God.
The picture above is a perfect illustration of how many of us should be mentally. It’s sad how men of great potential drown in depression because of a lie they believed ,”You’ll die a worm. Nobody will choose a man like you. You’re too weak. You cannot lead and even if you tried to, nobody would follow.” It’s sad when children with bright futures commit suicide because a lie was told , “You’re not loved. You’re not seen. If you die it won’t make a difference so cut yourself, drink poison, take the rope.” What about the women who switched off their light because they heard ,”Your feelings will never be validated. This is a man’s world. There’s no place for your many dreams. You’re a woman. That’s all you’ll ever be. Just a woman. Stay where you belong.”
The mind is such a powerful place. It is a world of its own. One that creates. One that destroys. It’s paradox because it uses itself to understand itself. It is a world of constant battle between peace and overthinking. Racing thoughts and stillness. Creativity and dullness. Wisdom and foolishness. The future, the present and the past. God knew us before He formed us in our mother’s wombs, doesn’t that show us how the mind preconceives almost everything we are?
“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
Proverbs 23:7 KJVa
Isn’t it amazing? The mind has its own eyes and ears. It can see the world through itself without the physical eyes . It can hear without getting the information from the physical ears. Look at the picture again. The reflection the worm sees is its future. It actually is its real self. It doesn’t look like that in the physical YET but it’s only a matter of time. If the worm focuses only on its current worm speed, its current worm colour, its current worm state, it may harm the image of the future. The current state is not permanent, it is part of the process.
How many processes of becoming have you suffocated because you saw the worm season and concluded that the butterfly season is not coming? Maybe you didn’t even think as far as that. What do you see when you look at yourself in the mirror? Are you shortsighted? What’s the vision you have for your life? Is it , green , crawling and with no beauty to behold? Or do you see the future you, the butterfly, the colourful, the soarer, the one who nolonger crawls but flies. Maybe you actually see yourself flying, but not as a butterfly, just a fly. Hmm.
To the one in corporate, what do you see? To the one in ministry, what do you see? Little Miss in school, what do you see? Husband, what do you see? Wife , what do you see? To the one toiling day and night, what do you see? Abraham open your eyes. Look.
“After Lot separated from him, Yahweh spoke to Abram, “Lift up your eyes and look around you to the north, the south, the east, and the west.”
As far as you can see in every direction is the land that I will give to you forever—to you and your seed.”
Genesis 13:14-15 TPT
Maybe all you need to do is separate from Lot. There are people whose presence in our lives makes us lazy, to even think. They are not bad people but we never see when we are with them or when we converse with them. No wise plans, no vision, no direction, all we ever talk about is things that will never better our lives. I’m here to tell you that as far as your eyes can see, you can possess. “But it looks like the only thing l possess is a birth certificate.” Darling, see beyond. “But I have been bullied, abused, mocked and called many names. They say I’m a worm.” Darling, don’t camp there! You actually are a worm now BUT time! There’s a time for everything under the sun!
Clean your mirror. Clean your mind. Start speaking beautiful things about yourself not to pump up pride but to create a butterfly vision in order to step into it. I wonder, when the worm begins to see colour , the wings, how exciting it must be, to know that what it once envisioned is coming to life. The business, the marriage, being a parent, ministry growth, imagine all of this coming alive because you refused to settle for worm things. Builders start with one brick and yet after sometime, someone can come and say “This is my house.” From one brick, you build one after the other. You push, sometimes in the heat, sometimes in the cold. Until you see the house, everything else IS NOT THE GOAL. Until you become a butterfly , everything else IS NOT THE GOAL. Don’t stop there. Don’t even stop when you see the structure, there’s some painting to do! Do not settle for worm 🐛 things when you could become a butterfly 🦋
Darling, as far as your eyes can see.
I love you. 💗
