“...I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world...”
(John 17:14, NIV)
Be a Barrier Breaker
The Scripture speaks of how we are in the world, but we are not of the world. You may be in a limited environment, but you don’t have to be of it. Don’t let that environment get in you. If you see struggle, lack, and poverty long enough, your mind can become conditioned to thinking, This is who I am. I’ll never have enough. No, that’s where you are, that’s not who you are. That may be what’s been normal. The good news is, you’re a barrier breaker.
Some people try to put you in a box. They’ll tell you such things as, “You’ll never afford a nice house, never get well...