Can you make a genuine connection to this verse? If I am honest, I did not at first, and I am still trying to connect. When I stand part of this almost like watching a movie, I can connect and even get excited. But I am not sure I know what it is for someone to "delight" (take great pleasure) in me. Not necessarily because it has not happened, but maybe because I have not always or do not always delight in myself. Why would anyone want to delight in me. I can list a million reasons why? Therefore, to hear this, kinda causes me to withdraw or run.
Let's sit with this definition for a moment.
I like this definition of shame. Perhaps this is why I found the scripture a little difficult to connect to. However, I believe, that God is saying enough. You need to reverse the shame you feel and see yourself the way I see you. Which means I need to see myself through the eyes of El Roi. The God who sees me. How???
I should not see myself through my fleshly eyes but through the eyes of Jesus. Reversing my shame and moving into a space of being unashamed of who I am, because of who He is.
Today I encourage you to pick up your bible and read about a lady named Hagar in Genesis chapter 16. She was in a very bad situation, but God came to meet her right where she was without not judgment. Just wise counsel.
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