Tradition:
Christians with low self-esteem
must find ways to boost their self-esteem
Truth: Christians must realize and experience God's esteem
This term self-esteem has found its way into the Christian counseling
community and has been labeled as one of the major problems facing many
Christians today, especially Christian women. However, the Bible gives a far
different cure for this malady and it is called God's esteem! God, after we become His child, places a
great value on His children for we become joint heirs with Christ the moment we
are saved.
This exalted position that God places us in must be viewed from His
vantage point in order for us to realize who we are, and just how much esteem
He places on each one of His blessed children!
In order to accomplish this blessed task we must make ourselves intimately
familiar with all of the spiritual blessings we inherit when God places us in
Christ. Theses two words "in Christ" can be found in the Book of
Ephesians (35) times. In the first three chapters of this most profound of all
of Paul's writings we also will find over twenty different spiritual blessings,
describing just who we were, who we are, and who we will be!
If you want a good dose of God's esteem try reading these three chapters
out loud each day for thirty days and see if that case of low self-esteem
doesn't find wings and fly away! If your have been born again the Bible way my
friend, you are a Child of the King!!
You have become a Partaker of the Inheritance, this is not only
something that we will inherit in the future, but it is an inheritance that we
can partake of right now!!
In addition, the Lord tells:
"Let each esteem others better than
themselves"(Philippians 2:3); "Not
to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly,
according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith."(Romans
12:3)
The opposite of God's way of thinking is to regard oneself more highly
than we ought and become puffed up with pride which is usually the end result
of one finding ways to boost their self-esteem...exactly the opposite of what
the Lord teaches in His Word!
It is obvious that this is not God's way of solving the problem of low
self-esteem, no, if we focus on God's esteem as recommended above, we will
rejoice in what He has done, and will continue to do for us throughout this
life and the eternity to come!
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