you weren't created to be the sacrifice

You Weren't Created To Be the Sacrifice

I am seriously all caught up in my feelings today with gratitude & self-love. This world is such a crazy place right now. But, I’m reminded that I’ve been created specifically for such a time as this, Esther 4:14. This season has me reflecting on things I’ve done wrong, people I need to let go of, the good God makes out of it all and the realization that I and you weren't created to be the sacrifice, He was.

I’ve spent so many years trying to be what everyone else thought I should be & truthfully it’s only led to more disappointments. I’ve lost relationships with people only to learn that the relationship was really just an idea- a dream of how I thought things were or could be. Realistically, I’m not really losing them. I’m losing the idea of what I wanted life to be with them. I don’t want to sacrifice myself anymore for a dream that won’t come true. It’s not my job. That’s not the role God wants me to play. I wasn’t created to be the sacrifice, He was. Hebrews 9:14 states, “ How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!” You see, I don’t have to forgive myself to love myself & feel worthy of this life. That isn’t my duty. It’s Christ’s. Only He can cleanse my conscience of things I’ve done & lies I’ve chosen to believe about myself. My job is to believe that Christ forgives me & that He will always step in for me when life gets to be too much. Hebrews 7:25, “Therefore, He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him because He always lives to intercede for them.” What a great God we serve- that the peace I seek is found through loving Him!