Escaping a prison of my own making

To discover that you are beloved. To realize that God created you to be his friend and loves you very much (John (Eph. 3:18-19), andTo discover what he made you to do – your purpose. (Jer. 29:11)
“Impostors are preoccupied with acceptance and approval. Because of their suffocating need to please others, they cannot say no with the same confidence with which they say yes. And so they overextend themselves in people, projects, and causes, motivated not by personal commitment but by the fear of not living up to others’ expectations…Our false self stubbornly blinds each of us to the light and the truth of our own emptiness and hollowness. We cannot acknowledge the darkness within. On the contrary the impostor proclaims his darkness as the most luminous light, varnishing truth and distorting reality. This brings to mind the Apostle John’s words: ‘If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us,’ (1John 1:8).”
The first step in detaching from your false self is to recognize reality. Pray and ask God to reveal where and when you began to put on this mask. Seek the help of a mentor or counselor. Life is too short to live as someone God never intended you to be.
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This was an excellent spiritual elixir at the start of a long day……Thank you Seth.
Thank you so much for this, Seth. You touch on such an important issue and I see this ‘not knowing who we are in Christ and building up this false identity’ as THE major ‘disease’ in the body of Christ, that is robbing many individuals and with that the body as a whole of all the love, light, power and influence, God wants to give us so badly. God had to put me through a major overhaul and an innner healing process over the past three years killing this imposter step by step and revealing to me who I am in Him. I am still learning to live that revelation of who I am in Him fully … The daughter of the King and His favorite 🙂 … thanks again.
I really like to use of the word “imposter.” It really paints a picture of what is going on. Working on getting rid of my imposter.
So well said, Seth. I haven’t read Abba’s Father, so I will have to pick that up. Funny that your goto verse for identity is Jer. 29:11. It’s one of my goto verses, but I never connected it with identity.
Thanks again for this.
The imposter that was me has been kicked to the curb—I had help along the way with a process that started a long while ago, but she is gone. I believe for good. And even in the midst of rediscovery I’ve never been more content or at peace. What a mighty God.