Battling Your “Less Thans”
Help When Battling Your Less Thans
Do you sometimes feel “less than?”
I’m talking about every time you feel less popular, less successful, less attractive, less smart, or less “anything.”
Please stop.
I’m talking to you, my dear sister in Christ.
Cover your ears, and do your best “la la la’s“ to drown out any negative people who like to make you feel “less than” them.
No one is saying this is easy.
Battling your “less thans” gets easier with practice, but it starts with not knowing who you are, but whose you are.
Say Yes to Confidence in His Promises
Have you ever watched the TLC reality TV show, “Say Yes to the Dress?”
The show features future brides (and their wedding parties) picking out their wedding attire in preparation for the Big Day.
Occasionally I’ll tune in.
I admit, I love to look at wedding dresses!
However, there was an episode that made me sad.
The bride said she needed to buy a phenomenal dress so that she could finally feel “significant.”
Have you ever felt invisible when you’re around other people?
Ultimately, a killer dress (or anything like that) isn’t the answer.
You may feel like a nobody, but please remember this, in Christ Jesus you are so valuable to Him that He died on the cross for you.
God Uses Less Thans To Do Extraordinary Things
The Bible is full of people just like us who didn’t think they had what it takes when God called them to a task.
Remember the historical account of Queen Esther?
She was a young Hebrew maiden who, thru Godly intervention, eventually became the queen of Persia.
As intriguing as that is – God was actually putting her in place to deliver her people from destruction by the evil Haman.
All of God’s people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the purpose He has given them.– Oswald Chambers, Evangelist and Christian minister.1
So, you may not be in line to become a heroic queen, but your life is just as important.
We are on this earth for just a short time, really.
Don’t let Satan’s attempts to make you feel worthless distract you from your confidence in our loving Father.
You’ll never be lost in the crowd with Jesus.
He’s coming back some day . . . for you.
If You’re Feeling Irrelevant
Dear One,
Please never doubt the Father’s love for you.
Take time each day to realize that you are priceless – an individual with so much potential, who was created to shine His light into the lives of others.
Turn off the naysayers, slay your doubts, and transform your “less than” thoughts to a “loved-more-than-I-could-ever-know” Child of God!
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1 Oswald Chambers quotation, as quoted from Christian quotes.info
2 Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
