So He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves just
and upright in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts [your thoughts, your desires, your
secrets]; for that which
is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.
Luke 16:15
«إِنَّكُمْ تُبَرِّرُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ أَمَامَ النَّاسِ، وَلكِنَّ اللهَ يَعْرِفُ قُلُوبَكُمْ. فَمَا يَعْتَبِرُهُ النَّاسُ رَفِيعَ الْقَدْرِ، هُوَ رِجْسٌ عِنْدَ اللهِ.
Self-esteem
is defined as confidence in one's own worth or abilities; self-respect. While believers
should have high self- esteem, the source of the self-esteem is crucial. Are
you conforming to the world by drawing your self-worth based on how people
measure you?
What
is the source of your self-esteem? Is it your social setting? Your professional
setting? Your culture setting? Or do you get your self-esteem from pleasing
God?
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of
his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but
the Lord looks at the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7
فَقَالَ
الرَّبُّ لِصَمُوئِيلَ: «لاَ تُلْقِ بَالاً إِلَى وَسَامَتِهِ وَطُولِ قَامَتِهِ
إِذ لَيْسَ هَذَا مَنِ اخْتَرْتُهُ، فَنَظْرَةُ الرَّبِّ تَخْتَلِفُ عَنْ نَظْرَةِ
الإِنْسَانِ، لأَنَّ الإِنْسَانَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْمَظْهَرِ الْخَارِجِيِّ
وَأَمَّا الرَّبُّ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْقَلْبِ».
When I get my
self-esteem from pleasing God, I get my confidence by trusting
God.
I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:
Abba
Father, thank You for Your unfailing, inseparable, deep and everlasting love
for me, Your abundant blessings in my life, and for the riches of Your grace
upon my life. LORD, I pray that out
of Your glorious riches You strengthen me with power through Your Spirit in my
inner being, so that I can surrender to You and let You transform me
into
a new person by changing the way I think and make me stop copying the behaviour
and customs of this world. Romans 12:2. Lord
increase my self-esteem by my pleasing and trusting You. Father God I pray to
You in the
name of my Redeemer and Saviour; the Lord of my life, Jesus Christ. To Jesus be
the power, the glory, the majesty, the blessings, and the dominion before all
time and now and forever. Amen.
Jesus loves you,
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
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