Set Free From Self-Focus: A 6-Day DevotionalNäide

If we are in Christ, we can stop focusing first on what we want to change about ourselves and consider instead how God has already changed us. Given that our eternal destiny is set and that the Lord is on our side in every battle, there is no need for chronic frustration, anger, or discouragement when we lose a particular battle. In fact, there’s actually much of God’s mercy in our ongoing struggle and, yes, even in our failures. God works through struggle and failure to drive us out of ourselves to depend on Him so that we can really live.