“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” -Marianne Williamson
I’ve loved this quote for a long time from Williamson. Today – I have a few other thoughts.
Isolation.
Lost.
Forgotten.
As I think about fear those are the words that creep into my mind and it makes me recount what I once thought as our deepest fear.
I think that our deepest fear is being so inadequate that we are forgotten.
I think that our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure and we don’t make a difference that is worth remembering.
The key factor in both of those thoughts is being forgotten.
The truth is that we seek a life that is everlasting. I’m not talking all ‘Tuck Everlasting’ and drinking from a stream in the woods. However, we all thought about how fascinating it would be to actually be able to find such a stream as this.
We want our names to be written in the history books as those before us.
We want to have our names forever written in the stars.
We want to be honored.
Aren’t we wanting something that we already have?
Luke 10:20 says, “However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” WOW!!
Let that sink in for a second -- “…your names are written in heaven.”
God has already written our names in eternity!!
John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
There He goes again being faithful to what He knows will succumb us with fear. He has already promised eternity to our lives when we believe.
Hebrews 13:5 says, “…God has said, ’Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’”
NEVER!!
God will remember us all the days of our lives and thereafter. He has written our names in the heavenly place where we are meant to spend eternity. We will not be forgotten.
I don’t know about you, but – that gives me so much joy and hope. It gives me, and you, identity in Christ and is a reminder that what we do on this earth does not matter if it does not glorify God.
From Galatians 1:5 I can faithfully say, “To God be the glory forever and ever! Amen."
Imperfectly Yours,
Katie