Your pain is there.
- It might be buried under callous living. But it’s there. If you feel safe enough you’ll let down your guard.
- Or it might be skimming below the surface. Tears well up at the thought of your worst fears materializing.
Nothing will change your life like staring your pain and fear in the face. Go ahead and add you vulnerabilities and insecurities. They have so much hidden power. Stare them down. The way out of your pain is to go through it.
Then invite Jesus to bring an experience of truth to your pain.
Everything else will flow out of this transformation.
Your pain reveals your mission.
Your mission overflowing out of authenticity will attract community.
You say “yes” and “no” to many things in any given day. Many of those are out of an insecurity we experience in who we are. Jesus wants to change that and give you a secure identity.
Nothing is more important than being fully present and in the moment with Jesus. Turn around and face what is causing you to run scared. Say yes to your pain. Say yes to this moment, now.
Thoughts?
You make a broad statement with:
“Your pain reveals your mission.”
This would be worth discussing on two levels:
What are the assumptions of this statement?
What are the scriptural supports for this statement?
Nice.
Assumptions:
1. You reflect with a holistic view on your life.
2. Think about the top 10 hurts you’ve received in life and see if a theme emerges.
3. That theme will be a lie the enemy wants you to believe.
The lie unhealed is unhealthy fuel for your mission. You could be police officer that seeks to bring about vengeful justice because you think your power is there to protect at all costs.
The lie being healed is healthy fuel for your mission. That same police office, aware of his wound, could be a “safe” form of justice.
Biblical support:
1. Moses. At first unhealthy then refined zeal for his people. His pain to protect them revealed his mission.
2. Jacob. His tried to avoid pain. Manipulating and scheming. He hit bottom and found his pain couldn’t be avoided. He walked with a limp.
3. David. The pain of shepherding sheep to the pain of a nation.
4. Paul. The zeal of discipleship misplaced in the Torah to the zeal of discipleship in Christ.
I could unpack these way more and point to : Nehemiah, Jonah, etc.
Where God breaks us, He blesses others through us.
Great points…. could the converse be said as well?
Your blessings reveal your mission.
Does my mission ‘have’ to be born from pain/brokenness?
good thought. I think the pattern of Scripture leans to the negative reveals positive but I’m sure there are examples.. have to think on that one.