Be yourself even more.
One of my favorite bible versus in this season of life is:
“But the just shall live by faith; and if he draws back and shrinks in fear, My soul has no delight or pleasure in him.” Hebrews 10:38
Do you ever feel like you have to shrink yourself, your abilities, and everything you have to offer that the Lord blessed you with, to fit in or to make the people around you feel more “comfortable” within their own selves?
I think each and every one of us has felt this way in some sort of way. From being a mother, to living a different lifestyle, or even the plans you have for the future. If it makes someone else feel uncomfortable with their lives or makes someone envious, we immediately think we need to “shrink” ourselves to be liked by them.
This way of thinking saddens God, because when we shrink back in fear we are living below the confident life He provided through Jesus Christ for us.
Faith is being confident in God and His word, along with everything he has equipped you with. You must believe what God’s word says about you more than you believe what others say or what your own feelings say.
I believe that we as girls need to remember this, and need a reminder with the world being so full of jealous, hate, and negativity, we immediately assume we need to “shrink” when our lives get to a certain level of joy and happiness so others do not feel offended.
The best thing that you can be is yourself.
If you think about it, God has gifted each of us with certain talents that we are better at than other people to equip us for what His plans are for our lives. Trust the design that He created you as.
We all need to be reminded of our gifts and to never “shrink” our gifts so other people are comfortable. I believe being your authentic self will make more people want to step into their authentic selves, to create the life He had planned for all of us.
There was a study done that confirmed 80% of the world is not doing what they truly love and dream of because they are in fear of what everyone else will think of them. They are afraid of making others uncomfortable, fear of failure.
This way of living is only hurting yourself, and your plan.
I encourage you to write down 10 things you are good at and rehearse them daily, until you gain confidence in your abilities.
Celebrate who you are. A person who knows how to do this does NOT allow the moods of other people to alter theirs.
Putting your trust in the opinions of people will disrupt all you were called to be. Rise above and see where He takes your life, and where He will leave the gossipers. If you’re tired of the lies disguising who you really are, show them who you really are.
Change people; Do not let them change you.
Every morning I read my devotional and journal, and today more than ever, I felt God saying use your platform to speak of what’s on your heart. Shrinking yourself and becoming less of who He has called you to be was that topic. Make people so uncomfortable they start to wonder.
It’s ok. You just forgot who you are…Welcome back.
