Delusion or Deliverance

Society says, “your skin isn’t light enough, you’re not skinny enough, you don’t make enough money, look at your background.” We’re often labeled & judged and that sometimes causes us to feel some type of way about ourselves. We start feeding into other’s opinions of us, their definition of us; til we start believing their words about us and who THEY say we are but, what about God’s Word about us & who HE SAYS WE ARE? We become insecure & doubt self because now, we believe the hype.

Know that opinions aren’t necessarily truth (especially when it contradicts the Word of God). They’re just the thoughts & words of people. Instead of believing “their words”, remember THE WORD that says, “God is NOT A MAN THAT HE SHOULD LIE…(Numbers 23:19)“.  People will lie to us & deceive us but, God NEVER DOES! The enemy is gonna say everything opposite of what God says. So if He says, “trust and believe” the enemy says “doubt”.  To be insecure is to lack confidence/trust , which brings on doubt. And once doubt has crept in, faith has seeped out. (Heb. 11:6).  We begin to doubt God’s truth & believe the lies (2Thess. 2:1-12, Romans 1:25, 2Tim 4:3-4). All the enemy wants us to do is to doubt because God takes pleasure in us having confidence & faith in Him and his plan for our lives.

We could lack confidence within ourselves and fail to even try to be better; not reaching our full potential. Have you ever been afraid to pursue a dream or a goal because you either, listened to a negative opinion from someone or maybe that negative voice you were listening to in your own head? Or maybe you’ve held on to something painful from your past & you’ve asked God for forgiveness but, still haven’t quite forgiven yourself? I’ve been through all of this, until I learned to trust in God more. I had to learn (still learning) to first believe in myself & have confidence in myself before I could believe Him the way he wants me to. I learned that lack of self-forgiveness brings on insecurities: failing to believe God’s Word that once I’ve repented from all of my sins, He has forgiven me. So then, I began believing the lie that the enemy (Satan) spoke unto me saying, I’m still guilty…causing me to act upon that feeling.

And when you feel bound by the guilt of your past, bound by negativity (words/environment), you become bound in the mind & your spiritual growth becomes stagnated. You can’t even grow as an individual in a career because, you’ve held your self captive…in the mind. Every negative word spoken to us to make us think/feel we’re not good enough for people, for that job, or for God, IS A LIE! When we allow those negative words to take root within us, we start allowing them to define our character & then our personality starts to change. Some people start acting differently: shutting themselves off from family/friends, becoming depressed, developing suicidal thoughts. We no longer begin to act like we use to & those thoughts and feelings ARE NOT of God! (Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope”).

As believers of Christ, we also doubt (him/ourselves) but, to doubt God is a sin (Romans 14:23); that’s where we should come in to ask God to “help my unbelief” (Mark 9:23-25) and get our deliverance. Deliverance of bondage & captivity of the mind; because that’s where we continue to replay those negative thoughts. Then we hold those feelings within our heart. And how can God come into our heart if we occupy that space with negativity/impurities? [search scripture (The Holy Bible) on Clean/Unclean] (1Cor. 6:19).

Don’t let opinions from Man cause you to doubt yourself or God & whom He has called you to be, don’t allow insecurities/fear keep you from growing/reaching your full potential (2Tim 1:7), YOU CAN BE FREE! Remember that every other voice is a lie when it contradicts The Word of Truth.