From June 2018
Sometimes I am afraid of becoming what I hate - something lukewarm, false; a hypocrite. The Lord reminds me that in my natural self that is what I already am so I need not worry about it. In order for me to become something I hate, I must imagine that I am now something I could love. The painful truth to that is self love. Every wicked thing I see in others is in me also. I don't have to worry about being what I hate; I already am what I hate.
There have been times that I have been anxious about being able to become what God loves. The Lord reminds me that Jesus is already everything He loves so I need not be anxious about it. Jesus, You are my life. You are everything God loves and everything that I love. So if I have died and live in You, there is only You.
I can't get any worse. The old self is the worst, capable of every evil. But I have died to the old self. I can't get any better. All holiness and goodness is already achieved for me. There is no worst me or best me. There is no me, only Jesus. He has overcome the world. He has overcome all of the worst possibilities for me and has accomplished all the best possibilities for me.
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