The One True Voice

Last week I wrote about the lessons we would share if we were given an oppor­tu­nity to talk to our teenage selves. Some of you even com­mented about what advice you believe your future self would give to your present self.

On my walk with the pup today, some­thing hit me pretty hard. Not a car, thank God, but a rev­e­la­tion. As impor­tant as it would be to take my own advice, I won­dered what God would say to me if He were walk­ing beside me this morning.

Now, I don’t need any of you to tell me that God does speak to me, if only I would open up and lis­ten. I get that. What I mean is, what would He say if I was lit­er­ally walk­ing down the street with Him?

I think He would be sad that so many of us have made con­ces­sions that have lim­ited our greatness.

Some­body, some­where, at some time in the past made a com­ment to you that changed the way you thought about your­self. It could have been a com­ment about your phys­i­cal appear­ance. It may have been a state­ment about your abil­i­ties as a busi­ness per­son. It could have been any­thing that – even for a moment – caused you to ques­tion the sig­nif­i­cance of the gifts you have been given.

When you made a choice to accept what this per­son said as truth, it impacted you instantly.

What­ever it was, I think God would want to take you in His arms, wrap them around you until you felt com­pletely secure, and whis­per in your ear, “You are mag­nif­i­cent! You are my child! You are com­pletely enough!”

I don’t know about you, but I believe His opin­ion is the only one we should ever care about.

Today, con­sider what oth­ers have said about you, to you. Then ask your­self what God would say.

Then, throw away all the garbage from every­one but Him, and take com­fort in know­ing that His is the only true voice that matters.