Coping With Feeling Inadequate

God makes us adequate as servants of a New Covenant ...
Based on 2 Corinthians 3:5

Sometimes in life we feel inadequate or unable to accomplish things for which we believe God has called us.  We second guess our gifts, God's graces and our ability to move forward; however, feeling inadequate and being inadequate are not even close to being the same things.  Feelings are products of our thoughts, our hormones, the climate in which we live and other influences.  Feelings are important: While they are great arbiters for interpreting life and what is going on around us, they are merely symptoms or by products of reality. They are not reality in and of themselves. So, if we feel inadequate, there is a good chance our thoughts are focused more on our liabilities than on our assets.There is a real possibility we are not using the measure of faith with which God has gifted each one of us.  

I have learned that faith in Jesus, who unleashes transformational grace, by the power of the Holy Spirit, because of the New Eternal Life Covenant Christ paid for with the shedding of His blood and the sacrificing of His body, accomplishes great and miraculous things in us and through us. In Christ, we no longer operate out of our own strength, but we can now do "all things" to which God calls us "through Christ who strengthens us." God does not call those who are powerful, but He brings power to those whom He calls because of His Eternal Covenant with us.

Step out today in faith that God makes you more than adequate.

SoJourner

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