As somebody who battled with insecurity and with inferiority and honestly lived for a very long
time not believing that God had a purpose and a plan for my life, I believe that this video
is going to change the way you look at yourself. This video might be the one that you will have to
replay so many times. What I'm going to do, is I'm going to go through what the Bible says about who
you are in Jesus Christ. If you don't know who you are in Jesus Christ something is going to happen.
You're going to constantly begin to do things to prove, you're going to struggle with competition,
you're going to struggle with even some sicknesses and some illnesses, because you came from God and
you find your identity in God. If you don't get your identity from God this is what's going to
happen, is you're actually going to be like that foolish man that's building his house upon the
sand. Whether your sand is your appearance, whether your sand is your accomplishment,
whether your sand is actually ministry. So many people go into ministry to get identity from God,
trying to get there's this identity issue from their ministry. Ministry is not a place where
you're supposed to be fishing for who you are. It's supposed to be a place where you're serving
what God called you to do, and you can't love other people if you're constantly using them
to try to fix this wound or this hurt that you are dealing with. Now when you don't know who you are,
you'll struggle with one of the three things. One of them is this fraud complex. Meaning when
you feel like you're fraudulent, you feel like you are an imposter. You feel like if people
would only find out who you are, they would be so disappointed in you, that your life is not what
it seems like and this is very heavy. A lot of successful people are perfectionists deal with
that actually, and so because they don't know who they are in Jesus Christ and they're constantly
trying to outperform, compensate for this inner bankruptcy. If you don't know who you are, the
second thing that you might deal with and that is rebellion. Some people actually out of rejection
are pushed into rebellion and stubbornness, and in reality deep on inside is a wound, deep on inside
is just this void of fatherly love, of being affirmed and being accepted in God. Or the third
thing that you will struggle with is feeling like a victim, feeling like it's everybody's
fault. The reason why you're not successful, the reason why things are not doing good for you is
because everybody's just not treating you well. I struggled like feeling like a victim. I blamed so
many people for how they treated me and the fact that I you know if people could only give me more
opportunities, if people could only love me, if they could only you know encourage me, if they
could only motivate me. Pretty much I shifted the whole blame on other people. I was innocent and
everybody was guilty and everybody was responsible for my insecurity, everybody was guilty for my
inferiority and honestly it was wrong. All these three responses are wrong responses.
What do we do? How do we respond as Christians? Whether you're a pastor, whether you're a leader
or whether you are a Christian who maybe is not in the ministry, this is very important. Three things
the Bible tells about you. Number one is that you're accepted. You are accepted. This is a deal
breaker. This is huge. What does this mean? That means you're God's child according to John 1:12.
That means you're a friend of Jesus according to John 15:15. That means you're justified according
to Romans 5:1. That means you're united with the Lord and you're one spirit with Him,
1 Corinthians 6:17. That means you've been bought with the price and you belong to God,
1 Corinthians 6:19-20. That means you're a member of Christ's body, 1 Corinthians 12:27. That means
you've been chosen and adopted as God's child, Ephesians 1:3-8. That means that you have been
redeemed and forgiven of all your sins, Colossians 1:13-14. That means you're complete in Christ,
Colossians 2:9-10 and it means you have direct access to the throne of the grace of Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 4:14-16. You are accepted. You don't have to be a victim. You don't have to today
be rebellious and you don't have to walk around feeling like you're an imposter,
because you've been accepted by God. These verses are in the video below. I want you to begin to
look through them, write them down and meditate on them. The second thing that you need to know
is you are secure. What does that mean? That means you're free from condemnation according
to Romans 8:1-2. That means you are assured that God works for your good in all of circumstances,
Romans 8:28. That means that you are free from any kind of condemnation against you, and you cannot
be separated from the love of God according to Romans 8:31-39. That means you're established,
anointed and you're sealed by God, 2 Corinthians 1:21-22. That means your life is hidden with
Christ in God, Colossians 3:1-4. That means that you are confident that God will complete the
good work that He started in you, Philippians 1:6. That means you're a citizen of Heaven,
Philippians 3:20. That means that you have not been given a spirit of fear but of power,
love and sound mind, 2 Timothy 1:7. And that means that you're born of God and the devil
cannot overcome you, 1 John 5:18. See so not only you are accepted, you're actually also secure,
you're established in God and this is a deal breaker. You need to be reminded of this, you need
to take these verses and put them on your phone. Repeat them. Memorize them until this goes in,
so that you build your life on the rock, not on the sand. Now, one more truth to your identity,
to who you are what the Bible says, and that is your significant. So not only you are secure, not
only you're accepted but you're significant. Not in yourself but in Christ. What does this mean?
That means that you are a branch of Jesus Christ the true vine, the channel of His life. John 15:5.
That means you've been chosen and appointed to bear fruit, John 15:16. That means you're God's
Temple, First Corinthians 3:16. That means you're a minister of reconciliation to God. You might
not have a ministry, you might not have a title but you're a minister. That's your identity. 2
Corinthians 5:17-21. That means you're seated with Christ in the Heavenly places, Ephesians 2:6. That
means you're God's workmanship, Ephesians 2:10. That means that you can approach God with freedom
and confidence Ephesians 3:12. And that means you can do all things through Christ who strengthens
you, Philippians 4:13. This is not some self-help, this is not about motivating yourself and making
yourself feel good. This is not about loving yourself. This is about believing the truth and
the truth will set you free. When I was struggling with insecurity as a young man, and not in any way
that I don't sometimes struggle with it even now. But when I was struggling, what helped
me to overcome that insecurity is not a plastic surgery. I had two surgeries on my eyes to try to
fix my appearance, because my physical appearance became the foundation for how I felt about myself,
how I saw myself. But it didn't fix that you know, and those surgeries didn't change much about
my face. I tried to you know join the worship team and I thought if I could get a title and
if I could get in a spotlight, then I would feel confident. I tried to get many friends but I was
so socially awkward and I was such an introvert, that it just didn't work for me. None of that
helped. What helped is renewing my mind with the truth. Maybe you're comparing yourself today to
another believer, maybe you're looking at your success and their success. Maybe you're looking
at how God is using them and comparing with how God is not using you. Maybe you're looking at
your mistakes and your struggles, you're looking at the weight or you look at what you see in
the mirror and you're like man, I'm just bunch of this and bunching that. You feel inferior,
you feel you got a lot of issues. I want to tell you something. Lift your eyes off of yourself.
You're the problem, you are not the solution. You were crucified with Christ two thousand years ago.
Your sins were washed by the blood and Christ not only reveals Himself, He says that you are
in Him. As you get to know Him, you find you. Not in a selfish, adoring, worshipful version of you,
self-loving you. Not in that kind of way, because the Bible says to deny ourselves. But in a way
that is healthy, in a way that you can be in awe of who Jesus is. In a way that you can appreciate
His work and allow His Spirit to use you, without you ever needing to grow in your
self-esteem just because God uses you. That when your influence, when your anointing increases,
that your self-esteem doesn't increase because who you are stays the same. What you do will change.
Your position will change, your title will change, your appearance will change. How much money you
make will always change. Everything will change. How much Jesus loves you and what He says about
you and the fact that He put you into Himself. He says we are in Him as the branch. We died with
Him, we associate with His new life, we have His Spirit living inside of us and we can do greater
works than He did. That my friend, is the source of our Christian identity. Who am I? I am who God
says I am. Who are you? You are, who God says you are. Not what you feel, not what you look like,
not what people have said about you, not what you have said about you. Maybe you're missing body
parts, maybe today you're handicapped, maybe today you feel like you're restricted and you feel like
you can't function in your full capacity. Maybe you have certain hindrances in your life. All
of these are not who you are. These are facts. The truth is what God says about you. Jesus is
that truth. As you dive in Him, you find the truth about you and you will find freedom to finally be
who God created you to be. To finally please Him and to love other people without strings attached.
Not to use them to build your self-esteem but to love them and give esteem. Honor other people,
not rebel, not cut corners, not abuse other people but to truly, genuinely love other people
because you are secure in His love for you. Thank you for watching this video. Let me know in the
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