Why me? Thoughts race through my head as I wonder why I am someone standing in front of all these people leading them to the King’s throne through song. I know this is where God has nudged me, but why do I feel so ill-equipped. Beginning to ponder the words in my head, I start to believe that I’m not worthy to do this. I don’t know enough. I am not talented enough. I have screwed up way too much.
The truth is all of that is true. “I” am not worthy, “I” do not have the same amount of talent or knowledge compared to the person next to me, and yes “I” have failed. However, this is a truth that the enemy twists, and instead it becomes a lie spoken as an identity.
There is a concept that people in the Christian culture misuse more often than not …show more content…
The thing that tells us there has to be something more is imago dei. It puts us on a quest to actually become not less human, but more human.
As I think of my own journey, I remember seasons when I was completely sure I was not qualified to lead. My own fault of comparison ate away at me, spreading doubt and a false identity. I began to search where in scripture God tells me I am good enough. I ended up laughing at that one because instead, I ended up finding His Word continuously telling me I am weak. I didn’t feel affirmed. I was looking for a fake affirmation that is shaped like the approval of shattered men.
I have heard multiple times throughout my journey with Jesus that Christians should boast in their weaknesses. I was always told but never taught how to do that or what it even means. Thus, I started my own research. As I dove into what scripture was telling me, I asked the Holy Spirit to guide me. I came upon verse after verse throughout the New Testament, which mentioned that it is God who works in us and through us, not by our own merit. It is with verses like 2 Corinthians 3:5, “It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God” and 1 Corinthians 2:3-5, “I came to you in weakness—with great fear and trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power” that it started to make
The truth is all of that is true. “I” am not worthy, “I” do not have the same amount of talent or knowledge compared to the person next to me, and yes “I” have failed. However, this is a truth that the enemy twists, and instead it becomes a lie spoken as an identity.
There is a concept that people in the Christian culture misuse more often than not …show more content…
The thing that tells us there has to be something more is imago dei. It puts us on a quest to actually become not less human, but more human.
As I think of my own journey, I remember seasons when I was completely sure I was not qualified to lead. My own fault of comparison ate away at me, spreading doubt and a false identity. I began to search where in scripture God tells me I am good enough. I ended up laughing at that one because instead, I ended up finding His Word continuously telling me I am weak. I didn’t feel affirmed. I was looking for a fake affirmation that is shaped like the approval of shattered men.
I have heard multiple times throughout my journey with Jesus that Christians should boast in their weaknesses. I was always told but never taught how to do that or what it even means. Thus, I started my own research. As I dove into what scripture was telling me, I asked the Holy Spirit to guide me. I came upon verse after verse throughout the New Testament, which mentioned that it is God who works in us and through us, not by our own merit. It is with verses like 2 Corinthians 3:5, “It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God” and 1 Corinthians 2:3-5, “I came to you in weakness—with great fear and trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power” that it started to make