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Low Self Esteem – I am not Worthy.

Low self esteem in Christians will defeat you, and is as much a weapon of satan in destroying christians, as is the sin of pride which is one of the seven deadly sins. Low self esteem must never be confused with being humble. They are two completely different things. Low self esteem is when you consider and believe that you are not worthy of the love and rewards of Jesus. Being humble is not to place yourself in a position higher than you ought to be.

I am not worthy of the love of Jesus. Satan is the condemner and will constantly come and try to convict you of all kinds of wrong doings. He will politely rub your face in every one of your shortfalls in life and will try to prove to you that you are not worthy of the love of Jesus, and that you are not worthy of eternal life. He will impress on you that you do not deserve the rewards of serving Jesus, and that despite all that you may have accomplished in your christian walk, despite all that you have achieved, and despite having faithfully served the Lord Jesus, that you have fallen short of the glory of God, and therefore are not worthy.

The condemnation of the accuser of men leads to low self esteem in men (and women). It is the feeling of being not worthy. Jesus calls us to walk in faith and to take up the authority that He has given us in His name. However if you feel unworthy of the name of Jesus, then you will never take up the authority that Jesus has given you and you will become an ineffective christian, always defeated, which is exactly where satan wants you to be and then satan has won the battle and created another ineffective and low self esteemed christian. Learn instead to walk in the power of Jesus.

I recently spoke to a phsycologist who had been the victim of a fairly brutual robbery. She stated to me that she was fully qualified to council victims of brutual crimes and all types of trauma. She constantly councils such people and helps them overcome the trauma that they went through, and yet she was unable to overcome her own trauma. She was unable to take her own training and her qualifications and to apply it to herself.

Many of us christians are the same as this phsycologist. We are unable to take our training in the word of God and apply to it our own situation. We fail to see how the power of the word of God and the love of Jesus can take us out of our own situation because we are not worthy. The other christians are worthy, but satan has reminded us just how unworthy we are of the love of Jesus and therefore Jesus would not waste His time in helping us.

You are worthy! Jesus died just for you. If you were the only person on the earth, Jesus would still have come and would still be prepared to die - just for you.

If you are so unworthy, then why did Jesus choose you. That is right - you did not choose Him - He chose you. John 15:16 "You did not choose Me, but I chose you...". Jesus chose you because you are worthy and are just perfect to carry out the plans that He has for you, if you will only believe that you are worthy to perform His will.

The bible is your instruction book to life. It was given to us that we could refer to it and see all the benefits and authority that we have. It was also given to us that we could understand the laws of God and to understand His glory. The bible forms a contract that God makes with us, signed in the blood of Jesus. If you do not read the bible, how can you ever have the full knowledge of God's wisdom and glory and power. How can you ever understand that good and perfect and acceptable will of God for you in your life. How can you ever know the terms and conditions of the contract of life that you have with God. God wants you to stand proud in His name (Not in your own Pride). God wants you to take up the authority that He has given you, and He wants you to defeat all the obstacles that satan may place in your path, through the power that God has given to you.

God can not help you if you are wimpering in a corner, saying that you are not worthy and refusing to take up what He has given you. He can not help you when you refuse to take the blessings that He has given to you, by keeping on saying or thinking that you are not worthy. God wants you to arise over your situation and to defeat the situation that you have found yourself in, by taking up the promises that He has given to you and by taking the authority that He has given you in the name of Jesus. God wants you to take up the armour of war that He has supplied to you in Ephesians 6:13, and to take it and use it in your fight against the principalities and rulers and powers. You are worthy of the Love of Jesus and are worthy to stand up and fight in the name of Jesus.

There is no sin that the Love of Jesus can not overcome, defeat and forgive. Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God, and He lives inside of you, through His Holy Spirit. The accuser will stand before you and try to condemn you, but you will say back to him "There is therefore now no condemnation, to those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1) and when you stand up to the accuser and challenge him, he has to flee from before you because it is written that when you resist the devil that he will flee (James 4:7).

You are worthy and all the promises of the bible are for you. If you are sick, resist the devil and he will flee. Jesus is the healer and by His stripes you ARE HEALED (Isaiah 53:5). If you are struggling financially, then obey the word of God in accordance to His instructions, begin to tithe and give offerings, and He will pour out His blessing s upon you such as that you can not contain them (Malachi 3:8 to 10). If you are down in depression - praise and worship Him and soon there will be no place for depression in your life. Sing your praises to the Lord for satan can not bear to hear praises being sung to the Lord and He will flee from before you.

In all things remember that you are worthy of the love of Jesus, else Jesus would never have chosen you to serve Him in the first place. Jesus bought your soul and you are now bonded to Him in love, not that you should suffer for Him, but that you should prosper in Him.

If you have not yet accepted Jesus into your life as Lord and Saviour, then accept Jesus today, and overcome that low self esteem that the devil has placed upon you. Walk in the mighty army of Jesus.

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