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Tuesday.. Low self-esteem has some real benefits.


Proverbs 27:2 (NLT) says, "Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth - a stranger, not your own lips."

Tuesday... Low self-esteem has some real benefits.

I heard Jay Leno say in an interview that he had low self-esteem. He said that as a comedian it is a good thing. How a crowd responses to him doesn't make a difference. It doesn't get him down. And that made sense to me.


We constantly are told that we need high self-esteem and for people without Christ I can see how that can help them in handling life but we have Christ, we have God. He is our source. He is who we depend upon. And in anything we do He is to get the credit. He is to get the praise.

Now Proverbs 27:2 (NLT) says, "Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth - a stranger, not your own lips." But it is so easy for us to always be praising ourselves for what we do. Like it is all because of our talents, our abilities.

So where do our abilities, our talents come from? They came from God and we have them because He has a plan for our life. Now along the way there will be some praise but we need to be careful in needing that.

Now I am a retired minister. In those months after I retired I had some problems in not having people need me it seemed anymore. And that was dangerous. You can get to the point that you do what you do for you and you need the credit, you need the praise. And that is not the way it is supposed to be. I still have to keep working on that problem.

Yes, God will give us what we need. He is the one for whom we are doing whatever we are doing. Now, sometimes we need a thank you but too much praise and needing it can be a problem.

Our worth is not in who we are or what we do. It is in what God has done for us. He sent His Son Jesus to die on a Cross for our sins. That is where our worth comes from. And He created us with a purpose and to give Him praise and do what we do to make God look good. It other words to give Him glory.

So maybe we need to relax and do what we are doing for God. And for sure, let's not be praising our self. That doesn't make us look good, and for sure make God look good. And if God sees we can handle it, someone will praise us. So remember, "Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth - a stranger, not your own lips."

By the way, we will be rewarded for doing what we do for God. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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