How to Think About Yourself

The Way to Believe Every Good Thing God Says About You

I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well.

Psalm 139:14 (AMPC)

This is really an important issue. I want to begin by telling you this: God thinks you are wonderful. And it’s important for you to learn to think about yourself the same way He does!

Amos 3:3 (AMPC) says, Do two walk together except they make an appointment and have agreed? This verse says that two people can’t truly “walk together” unless they are in agreement. In the same way, we cannot walk with God unless we learn how to agree with Him.

People generally tend to think about all their faults more than they do their strengths, but we need to consider both. We don’t want to ignore our weaknesses and pretend that they don’t exist, but we can become easily discouraged, and perhaps even depressed, if we don’t also consider the good things about us.

The apostle Paul warned us not to think more highly of ourselves than we should (Romans 12:3), but he didn’t say we are to think “lowly” of ourselves.

I encourage you to think like this: I have talents, gifts, and abilities that God has given me, and I am thankful for them. I intend to use them for His glory. I also have weaknesses, but I trust God to show His strength through them. Jesus came for weak people, for those who need Him, and I definitely need Him. I am nothing without Christ, and I can do nothing without Him, but I can also do all things through Him. (Psalm 139:14; Romans 8:39,12:6; Jeremiah 1:5; 2 Corinthians 5:21,12:9; Philippians 4:13)

Life can get really difficult when all we see are our weaknesses, failures, and mistakes. Don’t spend too much time thinking about your faults, and don’t compare yourself with other people, thinking you need to be like them. Instead, begin focusing on what God thinks about you, and you’ll be a much happier person! We may not love everything we do, because we all sin and make mistakes, but we can love the person God has created us to be.

Prayer: “Dear God, help me to see myself in the way You see me. You made me to be Your child, having a plan for my life before I was even born. Show me how You think of me, and help me not to be proud, but to find new ways to worship You and thank You for all of the wonderful things You created me to be. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”

A Promise from God’s Word: The Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 6:19, Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received [as a Gift] from God?...(AMPC). Because we are God’s temple, He is in each one of His children. We belong to Him! Isn’t that amazing? Even on days when you find it hard to think positively about yourself, you can remember that you are chosen by God to be His child, and that He resides in you! What an awesome blessing!