#54 “Identifying Barrier: To Answered Prayer!”

(Dealing with Inferiority) [Pt.1]

“Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence,

“come boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may

 receive mercy and find grace in our time of need.”

Hebrews 16

The Message (MSG) 

Many of us have at sometime in our lives have dealt with feelings of inferiority; whether, it was as a child or an adult. This is often hard to deal with; but in Christ, we have been given this calm assurance, “So let’s do it—full of belief, confident that we’re presentable inside and out. Let’s keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word. We don’t have to worry ourselves that we aren’t good enough to ask anything of God, because He has made us righteous through the blood of Jesus. Those days of feeling that we or less than or the redheaded step child are over; because, we have been adopted into the family of God.  Our low self-esteem does not come from God, but for the enemy. Once we know and understand how much God truly loves us, we should know that anytime we need Him, we can freely go to Him in prayer and He will answer us.   

This is why I love the book of “Song of Solomon” it tells the story of a beautiful young Shulamite girl, that the king falls in love with. To him she is stunning and amazingly beautiful, but she thinks she is unattractive in comparison to the women of Jerusalem. “[Please] do not look at me, [she said, for] I am swarthy. [I have worked out] in the sun and it has left its mark upon me. My stepbrothers were angry with me, and they made me keeper of the vineyards. They made me care for the face of the earth, but I had no time to care for my own face.” She however,  still longed to be love by him and soon realizes that his love for her went deeper than the surface of her skin.  We too must realize that God’s love goes deeper that what we look like on the outside or feel like on the inside.  The prophet Jeremiah had a similar argument because he too felt he was not adequately suited to approach God, but this is what God told him, “Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you: A prophet to the nations—that’s what I had in mind for you.” But I said, “Hold it, Master God! Look at me! I don’t know anything; I’m only a boy!” There is no objection suitable to offer the God who formed you and shaped you in your mother’s womb. What do you think you can tell him about yourself that He doesn’t already know?

What would God say to your remarks? “For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.” We have to understand and believe that we are chosen in Christ and have been long before the earth was created.  Please know that any low self-esteem is not from God and in fact is really self-hatred. This is why we find ourselves trying to alter the way we look with face lifts, quick weaves, liposuction and radical weight loss programs.  If we truly believe that God loves us then we have to know that He loves us regardless to our outward appearances. How do I know that? Let’s read what God says, “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” So what does your heart, look like to God? Then that’s what you must be concerned with.

I often tell people this, “What right do you have to hate or dislike something that God loves?”  “What right do you have to say to God you made a mistake and made me ugly?”  We don’t have a right to and that’s the truth! This is why God has given us the Holy Spirit, because once He comes into our hearts He opens up our eyes to see just how. “Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother’s womb. I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration—what a creation! You know me inside and out, you know everyone in my body; you know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you. The days of my life all prepared before I’d even lived one day."

You are an amazing work of art and you have no need to feel insecure, inadequate, inferior, or anything other than the beloved of the Lord.  I realize that there are many things in this world, which will try and make you think and feel that there is something wrong with you. In school other children will reject you and make fun of you. As an adult we all long to marry and have a family but when this doesn’t happen within the time frame we have set then we began to wonder what’s wrong with me that no one wants to marry me?  Hear me when I say, there is nothing wrong with you, but rather the people making you feel rejected. This is also a scheme of the enemy to break us down and make us doubt God’s love for us, that way he can keep us from having a true relationship with the Father.  

My Prayer: Gracious Heavenly Father, we thank You for you loving-kindness and mercy. Thank You that you have loved us with an everlasting love and have given us everything that pertains to life and godliness. Thank You for making us in Your express image and likeness. Holy Spirit, teach us to know and understand that the father truly loves us and that He has a marvelous plan for each of our lives. Thank you for showing us the everlasting love of the Father and for allowing us to see ourselves as He sees us, “Marvelously and fearfully made," by Him. Open our eyes to see ourselves as the Father sees us and to love ourselves as we are “Loved by the Father”. Father God, heal the hearts of those who have been lied to by the world and Satan and made to think that they are worthless and unwanted. Draw them closer to You so they will know and feel you unsearchable love towards them. We ask these things in Jesus Christ name Amen! 

Have A Bless Day…Go in God’s Peace!  

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