Discover Greatness through Grace

 

God created you for love, for passion, and purpose and it can only be discovered through grace.

 

Sometimes I think that we don’t feel worthy of the greatness that’s within us, that’s deep inside of us. We keep messing up and we just can’t seem to measure up. Sometimes I wonder if we’re really afraid to become who we really are because then we couldn’t hide anymore. Maybe we’re afraid that our secret sinful desires will be exposed. But what if who God created you to be, what if it’s greater than you could ever have imagined? That when you discovered this, beauty springs forth, and goodness and love. What if discovering who you really are eliminates the bad, the ugly, and undesirable attributes that we’ve all carried for so long.

 

And what if becoming amazing wasn’t such hard work?

 

This is my story: I grew up in Texas and got saved at 15  because I grew up in a home that didn’t go to church. We believed in God but was the typical American family. So when I got saved, I was so excited about Jesus! Because he changed my life! I mean I was born again and a new creation! I start telling everyone about the Lord.

 

Then I started going to church and start hearing some rules to follow: You shouldn’t wear short shorts, and make sure you don’t smoke or drink! And if you really want to be blessed, then you have to be good.

 

That’s the message that I was hearing and not one time do I remember them saying, “You are worthy and you were worth the price Jesus paid.” I don’t remember them ever saying, “You are righteous, just simply by believing in Him, because righteousness is a free gift.” I don’t remember hearing any of these things. I knew there was something about a New Covenant, but I didn’t really know what the Old and New Covenant really were.

 

A little history about me:

 

I grew up in Texas and got saved at 15. I was truly born again and super excited about Jesus! I told everyone I could about how good he is! Then I started going to church and learned that now that I’m saved I need to be a good little Christian so that God could bless me. I knew I was called to the ministry, went to bible school, and married a guy who wanted to go into the ministry too. But it just seemed like no matter how hard we tried, spending hours with the lord going to church and serving, our life just kept getting worse. Our marriage was failing, our finances were all out of wack, I was quite ugly to my kids, and even though I knew what God had called me to, I just couldn’t measure up.

 

And what’s really bad is that I thought it was God disciplining so that one day I would have great character and ready for ministry!

 

When I discovered grace, and how righteous I really am, the word started to make sense! I mean more than ever before! And everything started lining up! My marriage was healed, our finances healed, and the fruit of kindness toward my husband and kids are more natural. I still have moments of mess ups, but I don’t have to dwell on them. Grace set me free!

 

If you are still wondering what it is that God created you for, or maybe how to step into your destiny, walk with me through these studies and watch God unfold who he created you to be!