A self centered life truly is the source of our suffering...this is why it makes so much sense why God commands us to "die to self"!!!
I encourage you to see this for yourself...you are suffering because of the following issues:
-I am not getting enough attention from loved ones.
-I am not successful enough.
-I do not have the big house and the expensive car.
-I do not have a spouse that adores me.
-I do not have the opportunities that other people have.
-I am worried I will lose my job.
-I am not thin enough or beautiful enough.
-I do not have enough retirement money.
-I am depressed, sad and lonely.
-Poor me.
-I am scared.
-They rejected and insulted me.
-I have so many problems in life.
-I need to be a better Christian.
-I need to be more patient and kind.
-I need to be happy!
-I want success and power!
- I want to have many followers on Instagram!
-I want to be famous!
-I want people to adore me!
And on and on and on we go about focusing so much on this Self!
So now you wonder why no matter how many times you work with a therapist you are not getting better...
All the work that you do is focused solely on your sense of self!
Here's another news for you...The Self can never be improved!
Both the negative thinking and the effort to be better are both self focused or self centered!
Well what is so wrong about thinking about myself?
Well you tell me...are you peaceful and happy?
Most likely you are not.
For me personally, obsessing on my sense of self was the cause of all of my suffering...
My self is always desiring and needing and triggered, sad, lonely, feels rejected, jealous, scared, worried, competitive, know it all, judgmental, boastful and insecure.
I am just always catering to this self!
When I read Dr. Charles Solomon's book Handbook To Happiness and about dying to self and following Jesus, making Jesus the center of my life...replacing the Self as the center and making Jesus the center of my life...I felt liberated from the shackles of my false sense of identity...my burden got lighter!
I wanted to kill this sense of self.
I want nothing to do with it!
I only want Jesus! I can see that I do not know anything...I do not have the power and intelligence to run my life BUT I do have Jesus to do it all for me!
Me running my own life is the perfect recipe for a disastrous life that is full of suffering!
Jesus take the wheel for me please!
I just want to rely on Him...
Pray for His guidance and for the Holy Spirit to guide me.
THY WILL BE DONE has become the short prayer I keep saying many times throughout the day.
Roman 6:11 says "Count yourself dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus"
I pray that you will experience this yourself.
Pray for God to do this for you, for God to give you the grace to be able to die to self...
Please do not make the mistake of doing this work on your own because you will be unsuccessful...It will be the Self again trying to make your sense of self better.
John 15:5 says "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."
-Jennifer
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