the world says hustle, strive, work. do you more. be more. achieve more. the world tells us to find our strength within, to hone in on our skills, be brave, build our platforms. and we love these words because they inspire and motivate us. they call out things in ourselves that we sometimes can’t see on our own. but these words can also be dangerous because they make it all about us. our ability, our drive, our motivations. but God‘s word tells a different message. His word says we are redeemed.
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according to Webster, the word redeem means “to buy back or re-purchase, to get or win back, to change for the better.” you and I are not on our own. we were bought with a price, and we belong. and the same God who has redeemed our lives is the One who equips and empowers us for the work He has called is to do. friend, your talents, your gifting, your abilities are GIVEN to you by He who has redeemed you.
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God uses the broken, the cast-aside, the misfits, and the misunderstood. throughout Scripture we see how God caused the weak to win battles and the meek to rise to leadership. God takes our weaknesses, our abilities, our insufficiencies, our broken parts, and our messed up mistakes, and He redeems! we are called to live lives that reveal a glimpse of His strength, His power, and His goodness. and in the end He gets the glory.
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let us be careful about the narrative we tell ourselves and the narrative we hear. for we are redeemed and that changes everything!
