One day, I decided to go to the Polo shop in a prestigious mall in Cape Town. I was window shopping in order to spoil myself for my birthday. On that day I was wearing a golf Polo shirt and as I looked at the shirts that I liked and looked at the price tag, I felt small. I felt like I did not belong there. And yet I was wearing an even more appealing Polo shirt with better design than the ones I was looking at.
Why did I feel that way?
I began to realise that self-worth and matters of identity works from the inside out. It's not enough to own a Merc and let it determine one's self worth because it simply overshadows one's insecurity.
Do you feel safe or put your trust in material things? I urge you to do some heart check.
Hear these words:
"I'm happy from the inside out" (Psalm 16:9a The Message)
"I've been out of step with you for a long time, in the wrong since before I was born. What you're after is truth from the inside out" (Psalm 51:4b The Message)
"Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out" (Romans 12:2 The Message)
May we learn to be who are called to be and not be shaken by the outside factors.
Polo doesn't give me an identity. God does.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
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