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I don't know about you, but I used to relate to God as if he was just waiting around for

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me to mess up so he could put me in my place.

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And that place in my head and heart was one of humiliation, a place of punishment, because

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I was operating from this inferior identity still of, well, I'm just a sinner.

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But here's what I discovered.

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God does want to put us in our place, and his place for us is fullness.

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Colossians 2.10 says, we have been brought to fullness.

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Not we will be brought one day when we go to heaven, but now we have been.

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Fullness is our starting point, not the finish line.

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The completeness of Christ is not a destination that we will someday arrive at.

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It's where you are today, on your journey now, in the circumstance you're facing, in

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the season of life you're in, because you're not an image protector.

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You're an image bearer.

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And there is a difference.

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An image protector is constantly managing and performing and making sure that they're

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playing the part.

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But an image bearer simply carries what's already been placed inside of them.

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Overwhelming peace, overflowing joy, relentless gentleness, enduring patience.

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This is who God is.

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This is his character.

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This is the fruit of his spirit, and it's who he is in you and who you are now in him.

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So your life is not about protecting your image.

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It's about bearing his.