What do you do when you lose hope, and it feels like all hope is lost? Trust that God has a plan for your life that won’t leave you in your current state. Reflecting on my life, I realized an important thing that I had overlooked for many years, or just didn’t understand. I grew up feeling less than. My self-esteem was low, and I didn’t think I had much worth or value.
Where did those thoughts come from? Who told me I was worthless? My mother, nope not her. My aunt, not even. My cousins, not even close. The people I called my friends, wrong again. All the negativity of my low self-esteem and worthlessness was self-inflicted. No one, and I mean no one said to me that I was worthless, I didn’t matter, I would be nothing, or I couldn’t accomplish anything. The people in my life have always attempted to build me up, but I didn’t believe the hype. I didn’t see myself as God sees me, or how they saw me. I looked through my lens and not the lens of my heavenly father, to see my self-worth. For many years I have doubted who I am, what I can do, who I can be with, and what I can accomplish. But no more, those chapters in my book are finished, and the new chapters in the sequel are being written.
In Acts chapter 12, the bible tells us how God rescued Peter from prison. God is also making the chains fall off your wrists, so that you are no longer bound. You are not bound by your insecurities, because God has sent an angel to pave the way for you. The chains have fallen off your thoughts of worthlessness because God finds your worthy. Look through His eyes to see your self-worth. The chains have fallen off your fears because God didn’t give you the spirit of fear. Stop walking in a way that God has not called you to, and you won’t need to be afraid and doubt who you are in Christ. You are not bound to your doubts, because Jesus reminds us in Mark 9:23 (NIV) that “Everything is possible for one who believes.” What is keeping you bound that you need to break free from? What is keeping you from going where God is leading you?
For me it was my own thoughts and actions, that self-inflicted pain which kept me from walking in my Holy Ghost boldness. But no more, because now I’m breaking free. Breaking free of self-inflicted thinking, breaking free of negative thoughts and actions, breaking free of what God has not willed for my life.
Breaking Free in 2023
KDyan
Where did those thoughts come from? Who told me I was worthless? My mother, nope not her. My aunt, not even. My cousins, not even close. The people I called my friends, wrong again. All the negativity of my low self-esteem and worthlessness was self-inflicted. No one, and I mean no one said to me that I was worthless, I didn’t matter, I would be nothing, or I couldn’t accomplish anything. The people in my life have always attempted to build me up, but I didn’t believe the hype. I didn’t see myself as God sees me, or how they saw me. I looked through my lens and not the lens of my heavenly father, to see my self-worth. For many years I have doubted who I am, what I can do, who I can be with, and what I can accomplish. But no more, those chapters in my book are finished, and the new chapters in the sequel are being written.
In Acts chapter 12, the bible tells us how God rescued Peter from prison. God is also making the chains fall off your wrists, so that you are no longer bound. You are not bound by your insecurities, because God has sent an angel to pave the way for you. The chains have fallen off your thoughts of worthlessness because God finds your worthy. Look through His eyes to see your self-worth. The chains have fallen off your fears because God didn’t give you the spirit of fear. Stop walking in a way that God has not called you to, and you won’t need to be afraid and doubt who you are in Christ. You are not bound to your doubts, because Jesus reminds us in Mark 9:23 (NIV) that “Everything is possible for one who believes.” What is keeping you bound that you need to break free from? What is keeping you from going where God is leading you?
For me it was my own thoughts and actions, that self-inflicted pain which kept me from walking in my Holy Ghost boldness. But no more, because now I’m breaking free. Breaking free of self-inflicted thinking, breaking free of negative thoughts and actions, breaking free of what God has not willed for my life.
Breaking Free in 2023
KDyan