SELF-HELP

I used to be a huge fan of self-help books and motivational articles, for like any other individual I always wanted to look and be at my personal best. It didn't surprised me at all when I read that self-help books ranked #1 in sales above all other books in any book store, no wonder when you checked the best seller rack such kind of book is always on Top 10.

There is nothing wrong to desire to further improve our self or our quality of life but often many of these books and articles send mixed messages about confidence; The primary message of most self-help books is to depend on yourself and believe in yourself, all are focused on your own self alone, sometimes I wonder -- where is God in the equation?...

It is a worthy endeavor to make the most out of what God has given us but regardless of lengths to which we are willing to go on the journey of finding our confidence and worth , it will all be external and temporary if we don't include Christ in the picture; True confidence lies in our hearts and it can only be found through Christ alone.

We were all born searching for significance, we all wanted to find our worth by being confident and improving ourselves and our life, often we are deceived by the world that confidence, peer acceptance and success is what should define our life. With your current confidence, can you truthfully say that you have joy and peace in your heart? where does your confidence rely?

The Bible warns us that confidence in our own strengths, beauty or righteousness is foolish. Don't be trapped, I was once a victim of the world's deception, I grew up with low self-esteem, then I learned to read self-help books to improve myself. I became very confident, my quality of life improved, there was a boost of power which felt like the world owes me something. I became pretty much successful in my field and I thought that it was all because of me and at that time I thought that God was just a divine force that exist some place that I haven't seen...it didn't occur to me that everything that I had came from the Lord, may be I knew it somehow but I took Him for granted. When God took away everything so is my confidence and self-worth vanished on thin air...it took me a while to understand until God revealed Himself to me.

Today, I thank God for giving me true confidence, peace and assurance that He loves me and that I am valuable and precious to Him...The lesson I learned is when you realize who you are in Christ and who He really is, it gives you all the confidence you'll ever need, His love alone can bring out the best in anyone.

To God be all the praise, honor and glory.


Proverbs 3:26
The Lord will be your confidence.