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How can I overcome inferiority?
 Today's Question: I have struggled with an
inferiority complex all my life. I have accepted the Lord, and it helped a
little. But I still struggle with a lot of insecurities. I have seen a
psychologist about my problem, but he doesn't seem to understand my faith in the
Lord. So I feel uncomfortable with him. Can you help me?
Bible Answer: You are not alone in
this struggle with inferiority. The children of Israel experienced
inferiority after the twelve spies came back from exploring the Promised
Land. They said, "We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we
looked the same to them" (Numbers 13:33).
You are experiencing the same thing they experienced: a grasshopper
complex.
You see, we are programmed to see ourselves a certain way by the words
people speak to us and the experiences of our lives. If the words we hear
are positive and our experiences wonderful, then we usually have a good
self-image. Obviously, you have experienced the opposite.
How can you overcome all these negative words and bad experiences? The
answer is all in the Bible.
You need to reprogram your mind to God's Word. You must think about
yourself the way God thinks about you.
And how does God see you?
He sees you "in Christ." Now this phrase "in
Christ" is very important, because this phrase describes you. The
opposite of "in Christ" is "in the flesh." You must
quit seeing yourself according to the flesh, and start to see yourself
according to the Spirit. The Bible paints a portrait of you "in
Christ."
You need to find expressions in the Bible such as "in
Christ," "in him," "in whom," "in the
beloved," "with Christ," "through Christ," etc.
Then highlight them in your Bible and write them out on a separate paper.
After that, start to personalize these verses by using the personal
pronoun "I," and confess them out loud.
For example, 1 Corinthians 1:5 says, "For in him you have been
enriched in every way--in all your speaking and in all your
knowledge." So you will confess this scripture this way: "For in
him I have been enriched in every way--in all my speaking and in all my
knowledge."
Can you see how doing this every day for the rest of your life will
change your self image? Now, you must be disciplined in this spiritual
exercise. You can't try it for a while and stop, and expect it to work.
You must make this routine a daily part of your life.
Thousands of people have done this, and have experienced marvelous
results. It can happen to you, too!
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