OVERCOMING WEAKNESSES AND FEARS
What is your fear? I am not talking about the fear of the world ending by a meteor striking the earth, but more like the everyday fears that we face. I have a lot of fears, but maybe I am just more fearful than most people. One of my normal fears is that I am not good enough. Here is where Satan has a field day! He is the greatest deceiver of the world, and he wants to make sure that I keep believing the lies that he plants in my head. The fear of not being good enough is a common fear. I am not even sure what “good enough” means. You can walk through my house without tripping on things, so I guess that my housekeeping skills are “good enough.” So far, nobody had died from eating something at my house, so I guess that my cooking skills are “good enough.” I have managed to raise three children that are normal humans, so I guess that my parenting skills are “good enough.”
Blogging is another area where I find myself questioning if I am good enough. My sister is an author, and I would love to have her skills when it comes to writing. There are so many of the bloggers that I have had join me on my Friday with Friends series that I think dress better, pose better or write better than me, and it can be crippling if I listen to what Satan is whispering in my ear.
These Sunday posts are when the devil has the most fun. He is always whispering in my ear that I am not a learned scholar and that I need to leave these type posts to the experts. He whispers that these posts are the least read of my posts, and that is because no one wants to hear what I have to say. He loves to mess with me when he sees that I have lost subscribers, especially when they message me to tell that they are unsubscribing BECAUSE of my Sunday posts.
It would be so easy to give in, to quit, to let Satan win. But, I am stubborn, plus there is this verse that I love turning to when the enemy is beating on me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
The enemy knows all of our weaknesses and fears, and he is a resilient adversary. However, he is no match for My Lord, and I can draw upon the knowledge that HE will give me all of the strength that I need to fight.
Philippians 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
BOOM! POW! KABOOM! Take that, Satan! I can rest in the knowledge that His grace is sufficient for me, that His strength is all I need when I am weak, and that I will let the power of Christ rest upon me.
Have A Blessed Day!
I needed that today. I had a very lucrative and interesting career but it has stalled since moving to a new state. I feel like I am not good enough for any of the jobs I apply for and no one is ever going to hire me. You reminded me it is Satan putting those thoughts in my head and I need to trust in the Lord’s plan for me. Thank You!
Tania, I just read your Sunday post. I really needed to hear this and know that I’m not the only one that has this fear. The devil needs to crawl in a deep, deep hole and stay there!
Keep spreading the Good News as we are instructed to do! You are blessed to have a platform to do it from and we are blessed to be able to witness it. I am saddened to hear that ladies are leaving your blog because of it, but as believers we know that “Every knee will bow, every tongue confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord”. There are no non believers, just people that don’t believe YET!!
Sue, I feel like the Lord “gave” me the platform. He just allows me to also use it for fashion.
Sunday posts are great! Never. Never stop!
Tania, I recently started court reporting school and I am constantly second guessing myself. I am too old, I am not good enough. I am not as good as the younger students. But I know this is where god wants me to be! So I will finish this!
I enjoy your Sunday posts. My first thought when reading this post was that if satan is taking the time to mess with you about your Sunday posts then you must be a threat to him. There are people out there that need to hear what you are sharing and it is making him nervous and/or mad because you are leading people to Christ. Keep on doing what you are doing!
Your Sunday posts are an absolute treat—please don’t stop doing them! Satan works on all of us, and it sure can be hard not to believe all the lies he whispers in our ears. Ramp up your time in the Word and in prayer, and draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. At least that’s what I’m trying to do. Have a Blessed day!
Tanya, I occasionally read a few other blogs but your blog is the only one I read every day. You are so real and that realness is including your faith. You are not afraid to express who you are and I love reading about that. Keep being who you are, including your love for Jesus! Like the woman said in a previous comment, if you can’t tell a Christian from a non Christian….are we living how Christ calls us to live? He shines through in you!!
I love your Sunday posts. Satan does a number on us all. This was a good one for me to read today. Going through some “stuff.”
One of our associate pastors preached today and shared this quote: God is here. We are loved. It is enough.
You know what…in a world where now everything has to be so “politically correct” and some topics are taboo because someone may get offended, I find it quite refreshing that you stay true to your beliefs and keep your Sunday posts devoted to our wonderful Heavenly Father! Thank you!