IRREPLACEABLE

When I decided to do a blog, I had a preconceived notion that it would be a daily word of encouragement, almost like a devotional, but that doesn’t seem to be what God had in mind.  I keep hearing in my spirit “it’s the real that heals”.  We overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the WORD of our testimony(Revelation 12:11).  That being said, I have to be real.  

My mom passed away when I was very young.  My dad prayed and asked God to send him someone to love him and his children and to help him raise his kids.  God did just that!  God answered his prayer quickly and they were married in less than 6 months after my mom passed away.  They have been married for 42 years now, so I know that was God’s answer to prayer.  What did the enemy do in this situation?  The enemy whispered in my ear that I was replaceable and I accepted that lie as the truth.  This set into motion 40+ years of striving to be perfect so I wouldn’t be replaced.  This appearance of perfection caused dissension between my siblings and myself.  I received backlash and mean comments about me being the perfect child.   What they didn’t realize was that I was striving to be perfect so I wouldn’t be replaced.  That constant striving for perfection then led to states of depression because I realized that perfection was unattainable.  The cycle was never ending,  Of course, other things in my life simply added to this belief.   So the striving for perfection continued so that I wouldn’t be replaced.  It was a vicious cycle that I was unaware I was in.  That one lie that I believed had made my acceptance seem so impossible.  With the striving and failing came the self-sabotage that would in turn create events that would lead to my being replaced.  Striving for perfection led to failure which led to depression which led to more failure which led to replacement.  Over the years, so many failed relationships(a failed marriage, many failed friendships, strained relationships with family members) just reiterated the belief that I was replaceable.  See how vicious the cycle was?

But PRAISE GOD, He doesn’t leave us in our mess!  God began to expose the lie.  It’s the truth that YOU KNOW that sets you free (John 8:32).  Verse after verse began to expose me to my true identity.  You see, I am IRREPLACEABLE.  God created me for a specific purpose, I’m not here by coincidence.  God has chosen me.  He has called me.  He has placed me here to fulfill a specific purpose.  God has great plans for me.  I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  I am accepted.   (2 Timothy 1:9, 1 Peter 2:9-10, Jeremiah 29:11, Jeremiah 1;5, Psalm 139:14, Ephesians 1:6)  When we begin to replace the lie of the enemy with the truth of God, then we can be all that God created us to be.  I was so limited by the lie that I simply did not try to step out and do anything outside of my norm.  But PRAISE GOD, that is not the case anymore.  You see, I am IRREPLACEABLE!  There is only one ME!  I will be the best ME that I can be and I WILL fulfill the call that God has placed on my life, one step at a time.  

Maybe you find yourself in a situation similar to mine.  I encourage you to seek God for direction and healing for the broken places in your life.  Begin to replace the lie of the enemy with the truth that is found in God’s word.  You see, you are IRREPLACEABLE too!