For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works …
Ephesians 2:10a
Do you believe that you are God’s workmanship? Scripture says so! But before we gloss over the meaning of Ephesians 2, allow me to pose a couple facts and hard questions.
- If you truly believe you are His workmanship, then you will live this belief every day. Do you live like your life has value?
- What we believe, we live out. Do all of your decisions and actions reflect that you believe you are the workmanship of God?
- Your thoughts reflect what you believe. Do have thoughts that are self-deprecating?
If your decisions and actions don’t reflect the value God has placed on you as His workmanship, then you don’t firmly believe that you are His workmanship and that you are highly valued by God. In other words, if you have negative thoughts about yourself, you do not completely believe that you are God’s workmanship.
To know about God’s truth is not the same as believing His truth.
The great moral government of God teacher, Harry Conn, often said that the word “belief” is made up two Anglo-Saxon words meaning “to live in accordance with.” So to believe God’s words in the purest sense, we must live in accordance with them.
You likely have beliefs that are already established which are not in accordance with God’s truth. Our beliefs start formulating from the beginning of life and they develop through experience. Not all experience is Godly in nature. For example, rejection, abandonment, neglect, and similar issues lead to unhealthy beliefs of unworthiness, low self-esteem, or even self-hate.
Why do people still not believe they are valuable?
If this is you, your mind needs to be renewed by God’s truth. Be encouraged by this:
In Mark 9:24, the father of the child with the mute spirit says to Jesus; “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.” You can ask Jesus today to help you with your unbelief in the case of unworthiness (or anything else).
First acknowledge your unbelief about being God’s workmanship. Then ask that this unbelief be removed from your life and be replaced with God’s truth. See this article Prayer to Get Free to accomplish this. PreScriptures for Life has hundreds of scriptures categorized by topics. It is a great resource for building your beliefs in God's truth.
Satan’s ability to deceive us and do damage to us is because of our unbelief. Paul wrote in Romans 12:2 that we will be transformed by the renewal of our minds. To live a victorious Christian life, our mind needs to be fortified with the beliefs of God’s Word and purged of the beliefs that lead us to deception.
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Neil Elmer is author of the book PreScriptures for Life: A Believer's Guide to Praying Scripture. His ministry helps people achieve peace in life and be set free from the bondages of sin and oppression.
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