It’s important to accept what God says about who you are rather than just live with feelings of deep inadequacy. You may regret the past or fear the future. It’s easy to forget to schedule in time with God and then ask yourself, “Am I growing or eroding in who I am becoming?”
A wise woman grows in understanding who she is:
When you know how God sees you, you can be confident in your identity. Ask him to show you. God made you just the way you are and for specific tasks. Don't compare the inside of yourself with the outside of another woman.
Make the effort to grow in knowledge of the truth of what God says about you. In God's sight, you are:
* Accepted (Ephesians 1:5)
* Secure (Philippians 1:6)
* Significant (John 15:16)
Your identity is not bound up in what you have or how you look or dress. Your identity is secured in who you are as a beloved child of God.
“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10).
Reread Psalm 139 and ask God to fill your heart with the knowledge of just how treasured you are to Him. Ask Him to help you grow in your understanding of who you really are!
God, sometimes it’s hard for me to think of myself as a piece of Your artwork, created to be just who I am. Help me to embrace the knowledge of who You say I am! I know all too well the weaknesses in me. I invite You to use these very things that I dislike about myself to be the entry point of Your strength and power in my life. I know You have things for me to do that go beyond this “to do” list of mine. Help me to live as an accepted, secure, and significant child of the Almighty God today by the power of Your Holy Spirit.
In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.
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