PERCEPTION IS EVERYTHING!

Mephibosheth, the crippled son of Jonathan, couldn’t sit at the table without falling to the floor. He struggled with his position because of his condition. His problem wasn’t merely his twisted feet or his crippled body. It was his dysfunctional mentality. Even after he had been raised from the deplorable condition he was in, he was still so oppressed in his mind that he described himself as a “dead dog” (2 Sam 9:8). He was a king’s kid, but he saw himself as a dead dog!

Perception is everything. Mephibosheth thought of himself as a dead dog, so he lay on the floor like one. I feel a word going out from the Lord to you: You have been on the floor long enough! It is time for a resurrection, and it is going to start in your mind. Has God blessed you with something you are afraid of losing? Could it be that you think you are going to lose it because you don’t feel worthy? I realize that living in the palace can be a real shock to someone who is accustomed to being rejected and ostracized. Without realizing it, you will accept being treated as though you were a dog. Mephibosheth had been through so much that he began to think himself a dead dog.

Understand this one fact: Just because you’ve been treated like a dog doesn’t make you one! Get up off the floor and take a seat at the Master’s table – you are worthy. You have a right to be in the place and position you are in, not because of your goodness, but by virtue of His invitation. I pray that God will heal your thoughts until you are able to enjoy and rest in what God is doing in your life right now!

Your confession is great! You’ve fought and defended yourself against attackers, and you have seen some increase; but when you allow God to heal your thoughts, you will explode into another dimension. Sometimes we have been strong because we had great struggles. We fought valiantly in the face of the enemies of life. However, when sunset falls on the battlefield, and after the troops have gone home, we hang up our gear and wish we were as valiant inwardly as we displayed outwardly!

Perceive and believe what God is doing in you. If you can get that in your head, you can reap it in your life!

-T D Jakes “Naked and Not Ashamed”-