Learning to love ourselves appropriately is vital in winning the fight against insecurity. It is not the kind of self-love that keeps the focus on ourselves, it is a love that frees us to live in the light, to live in the freedom Christ died to give us.
During my journey to freedom I had to face the fact that one of my greatest obstacles was that I did not love myself. There were days I hated myself. I constantly put myself down and the negative thoughts I entertained only pulled me deeper into bondage. I really uncovered a missing piece of the puzzle—learning to love myself.
We’ll continue to exempt ourselves from the promises He gives us until we learn how to receive God’s unconditional love for ourselves. We don’t love ourselves because we are good. We can love and accept ourselves because He is good, and we are His creation.
God has always loved us, and still does. He accepts you under the grace of Jesus Christ. If God loves you, you are worth loving. What other confirmation do you need? He says to love your neighbor as you love yourself, but how do we expect to obey those words if we don’t even love ourselves? If you want to learn how to love yourself, start in the presence of love.
Trust and love work together in our journey to overcome our insecurities. You can trust God’s Word as truth because you have spent enough time with Him to realize He is trustworthy. In that time you spend, you find Love — God Himself — and love leads us to freedom. But it starts with an active choice to trust what God’s Word says about us is true, and it is an active choice to love ourselves despite how we feel.
The battle for freedom may be fought in the head, but it is won in the heart. How do we win this battle? It takes more than finishing a reading plan, or going to church, serving, and being a good person. It takes time spent in the presence of Jesus. Stopping the busyness, closing the door, and intentionally seeking His heart to find your identity, soaking in His Truth until you are changed. Seeking His heart is a dying practice, but if you want to win this battle for freedom you cannot let it die with you.
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From my daily reading plan with YouVersion – In_Security: Break Free From What Holds You Back (day #11)
