Me:  Prodigal, is that your bicycle?

 

Prodigal:  Yeah, I was going to take it for a ride.

 

Me:  Just wanted to point out to you that I don’t think that the bicycle can adequately hold you.

 

Prodigal:  Is something wrong with me?

 

Me:  It is not you Prodigal!  You are looking at it wrong.  Let me explain, how we sometimes think we are inadequate.

 

Lysa Terkeurst in her book Becoming More Than a Good Bible Study Girl talks about the lies we may believe about ourselves.

 

Operating in God’s love means understanding how His love can redefine my natural thought processes.  Using God’s Word, I can fill my thoughts with His truths to combat the lies tangled around my feelings.  Therefore, when I feel insecure, I can combat that feeling with a reassuring and redefining word from God.

If I want to make peace with inadequacy, I must face head-on those things that trigger such feelings, stop looking at others for validation, and learn to truly depend on God.  Let’s call it like it is and say it out loud:

I sometimes feel insecure and inadequate.  No person or achievement can fix this.  Only God can help me, reassure me, and fill up my empty places.

 

God already loves you!  He looks upon you with eyes that are filled with tenderness and devotion.  He has your name on the palm of His hand because you are a treasure to Him!  He wants you to feel that right now.  He wants you to know that right now.

 

Habakkuk 3:18

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

 

Jennifer Van Allen

 

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