Inferiority Complex
A man went to a psychiatrist to seek help for his battle with insecurity. The doctor listened to him for a while and then gave him a diagnosis.
“The good news is you don’t have a complex. The bad news is you actually are inferior!”
It’s really not funny. Feelings of insecurity can be crippling. One of the most powerful weapons in Satan’s arsenal is insecurity. In spite of many wonderful experiences in their faith and knowledge of God’s word, low self-esteem hangs over many Christians like Los Angeles smog.
I’ve have counseled many people who were wrestling with insecurity. The reasons for feeling insecure vary, and the cures vary somewhat as well—what works for one person doesn’t with another. But one thing everyone benefits from is a true understanding of his or her identity in Christ.
Am What I Am
Most people who read the words of Paul would never think that the guy who wrote one third of the New Testament, took the Gospel to the world, built churches everywhere, and who had things revealed to him that were unlawful for him to repeat would feel insecure. But he gives us a glimpse of the battle he fought…
“For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am.” (I Corinthians 15:9-10)
Paul’s past had disqualified him, and among the other apostles he was inferior. Yet because of God’s grace he was able to say those beautiful words, “I am what I am.” Are you able to say that? Are you satisfied with who you are? I pray God would release a work of grace in YOUR life that would allow you to experience a breaking of any insecurity, and to be the best you YOU can be!
When we realize that God is using us in our own unique way, it is worth taking note of just how that has worked and what the blessings were that came from it. Paul did that and it gave him confidence to go forward with gusto, knowing he was pleasing God and was eventually going to receive honor for it from the most important Person.
I am reading Gods words to free me from my thoughts & fill me up as I need to be picked up because I’m ready Inside to be freed up in the moment that I am seeking how Paul & all the apostles were me & will always be in need mornings & afternoon & bedtime because Jesus Is in the midst of me & knows my need in whatever I’m going through & I am what I am in Jesus As We Are In the scriptures working In His Grace or In the worlds grease/grief. PTLTYGBUDLUVU
Paul encourages me because of his humility. No matter what he did in the past he didn’t let that hinder the way God was able to use him in the first century church. He reminds me that we are justified by God, and that God can still use me in incredbile ways for his kingdom.
God’s grace qualifies us to live exceedingly abundantly beyond our imagination. When we get a grip on this, no weapon can stand against us. Created in the image of the I AM GOD, we are His body in a broken and darkened world.
Shine bright Family.!
You have such an important purpose!