Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God." (Philippians 2:5-6) We fail because we do not know who we are. And it is Satan's job to keep us ignorant. Trees are made to be trees. Rocks are made to be rocks. We are made in God's image and likeness. When we truly discover who we are -- God's worthiest creations -- all else will fall into place. I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. (Psalm 82:6) Again, I prefer the term "deservability" over self-esteem because it cuts to the heart of the matter. God does want His children to "have it all." If you think God chose to punish you by saddling you with excess pounds, then you just don't know Him. God doesn't operate that way. He has filled an entire Book with His own wisdom, just so you can improve your own life in every way! However unworthy you may or may not actually be is irrelevant. Seeing yourself as unworthy is what does the damage, because it leads to feeling unworthy -- which is exactly what the devil wants for you. Is it important to love yourself? Is it OK to love yourself? Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (Matthew 22:36-38) Being instructed to "love your neighbor as you would you love yourself" presumes that you are loving yourself already! By the way, this same statement occurs eight other times in the Bible. And just to make sure no one missed the significance of His point, Jesus added one of the most emphatic statements anywhere in Scripture: On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. (Matthew 22:39)
You Are Worthy Of Love, Including Your Own Love! Get It -- Please! You can never become what you were designed to be as long as there are barriers to your selfacceptance. You don't need to improve yourself so that you can become acceptable. You need to accept yourself -- as is -- so that you will then be free to improve! All of your barriers to self-acceptance are also barriers to your personal evolution -- to the evolution of your soul and spirit. This is another of the devil's favorite tools for keeping you from growing, progressing, and getting closer to God, which amounts to the same thing. Low self-esteem keeps you stuck right where you are, where the devil wants you to be. Under the devil's thumb, far away from God -- and forever out of touch with your own glorious potential. How can you tell if people love themselves? By the things they do. People who love themselves simply don't do unloving things to themselves. Would you give your baby a cigarette? Why? Would you intentionally give them anything that would make them less healthy? Then why do you not honor yourself with the same love?
Weight Loss God's Way 4.0 by Dr. Frank B. Smoot Š2010, all rights reserved.
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