A Revelation from Russel Crowe

Today I watched A Beautiful Mind starring Russel Crowe, who by the way is an incredible actor. The character in this movie is like a math genius but his mind starts to get messed up and he starts to see people who aren't there. And so after he realizes that there is this little girl he keeps seeing, that he thinks exists, he starts to notice she doesn't get older, she looks exactly the same way he had seen her several years ago. So in his attempt to be "normal" he ignores the people, he has come to find out, do not exist. Even years and years after he has started to ignore them they are still there.

So what does this have to do with anything? What does this have to do with Dibor?

Well, aren't these people that were created in this man's mind similar to the Enemy? He feeds us lies that God doesn't like us and that we are capable of nothing. Doesn't he set up these false ideas in our heads that aren't true and are not reality? And even when we try to ignore these illusions they are still there.

But like the character I choose to live without acknowledging that the Enemy's illusions are reality. Will you join me?

But before we start ignoring them first we need to identify what is reality and what are lies.

I am a daughter of God. He loves me and nothing I do will make Him stop or be disappointed in me. I am an heir to God's kingdom and I have the same authority Jesus has.

Sin has no control or power over me. I am living a life of victory, not in condemnation.

So what do I not listen to? What do I regard as falsity?

When that voice in your head says "You did it again! You have to be better than that. What are they going to think of you now? Don't tell them, you have to pretend you are better than you are because all they are going to do is rip into you. No one accepts you for who you are. You have to pretend to make it through."

You have to tell yourself "No! God is the ultimate authority and he knows everything I have done wrong and accepts me anyway. He still says "you are precious to me and I want you to love me." You are not a prince/princess that cowers at the same ones you have the power to rule over.

That is what I learned today. I would love to be able to talk more about this, because I have had such a hard time with this. But I don't know where you are and I don't know what's been holding you down. But I do know that even if you don't know if God loves you right now or what He thinks, I know He is saying "Trust me. Just trust me." Forget about the ands ifs or buts and choose to trust because that is the only way to accept love when you've been hurt, when you've been let down.

Just Trust.