I am rescued...

"I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear and will trust in the Lord."-Psalm 40:1-3

When I think of being rescued the first thing that comes to my mind is the recent rescue of the Chile miners. Two months of darkness. Utter hopelessness and despair. Can you imagine? Then, the whole world watched as each miner was rescued. One by one they up came to the light with special glasses on their eyes because they had been in the dark for so long. Everyone rejoiced as this miraculous rescue took place. What a beautiful picture of the gospel!

This past week, God reminded me of His beautiful rescue in my own life. In my "Gender and Identity" class we began to delve into the topic of self-image. As believers, we all buy into the lies of Satan and the world. Despite the fact that we have been made new, we continue to think less of ourselves or too highly of ourselves. When we have a poor self-image, it effects every area of our life. Soon, we believe the lie that we have no purpose and meaning.

As the Thomason's continued to lecture on self-image, I became extremely convicted. I had bought into the lies once again. Then, the Thomason's went on to teach what God says about self-image. They said, "a healthy self-image is seeing yourself as God sees you...no more, no less". C.S. Lewis once said that "Christian humility is not thinking less of yourself but rather thinking of yourself less". Where does our worth and value come from?

At the end of class, they put the words, "I AM _______" in the middle of the white board. Then, each classmate came up to the white board and wrote a phrase of what that meant to us specifically. The first thing that came to my mind was," I am rescued".  When I was helpless and had no hope, He hear my cry. He brought me out of the pit of destruction and placed my feet on a solid rock. Glory to God!

So, now I challenge you. Who are you and what are you living for? Who can fill your emptiness and hurts? Jesus says, "I AM the way, the truth and the life" (John 14:6). He gives us life and purpose. He deserves all of you!