This is for anybody searching for approval
It amazes me the ways God chooses to answer your prayers. He slapped me in the face yesterday with the answer to mine last week and I was like "dang, okay." I prayed and asked him to remove anything impure out of me and anything not like/from him. I wanted anything that was hindering me from being my best to be cast out because in the past two weeks I've been feeling not like myself in a sense that something is holding me back from reaching my greatest potential. But I couldn't quite figure out what it was. It's always so evident when I'm starting to fall off and lose focus of my goals and GOD when I start back doing things that stopped or don't do. In the past week I have found myself searching for approval first before I put out any content... Haha, as if I need it from anyone. I would take pictures and question if it was good enough for my feed, whereas usually I normally take pictures out of pure fun. I'm not looking for x amount of likes/comments, you know? That type of thing. Same for my blog and YouTube Channel; getting opinions first before posting anything or fearing I'm being judged for what I'm doing.
The same day God answered me was the same day I was getting frustrated at myself for thinking these kind of thoughts because I couldn't understand why I all of a sudden had this mentality of needing to be accepted or good enough to do MY purpose and/or just posting on my feed like I normally do. God answered me through Kanye's tweet. I think that's so funny. In case you missed it Kanye went on a twitter rant. The two tweets that spoke to me was "don't trade your authenticity for approval" and "You have the best ideas. Other people's opinions are usually more distractive than informative. Follow your own vision. base your actions on love. Do things you love and if you don't absolutely love something stop doing it as soon as you can." I will not tolerate any Kanye slander. The end. Because THAT'S A WORD.
That's exactly what I have been doing; trading my authenticity for approval.
It's funny because it seems as though every time I overcome one battle, the enemy throws something else at me. She's thinking more clear, okay let me throw anxiety at her. She's not dealing with anxiety anymore? Okay, let me make her feel confused, fearful, and not good enough. Nah little ugly head dude.
We look for answered prayers in the wrong places or in the wrong way. We want Jesus to come down and sit beside us and say "Look." Just be still. As a chaser of Christ, I'm automatically called to lead a different life than anybody around me. Instead of looking at others for my standard for what is good enough or how I should do things, I have to look at Jesus and the way he lived.
Romans 12:2. This scriptures says don't conform to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that by testing you may discern the will of God, what is good, acceptable, and perfect. God allows us to go through these mess ups to teach us and remind us what HIS will is for us. So that we remember to always stay close to him. It's pretty evident that I can't be me without him. Anytime I try to do things my way or try to depart, I stumble. He gave me an assignment, so I have to do it whether that means stepping out of my comfort zone or not. I got one bad opinion and got discouraged. If I would listened to that one "no don't do it" then the people that need a word couldn't be reached. Meaning I'm not executing my purpose effectively. With the way I'm carrying out my calling, not everyone is going to rock with what you're doing. They may think it's weird, lame, whatever the case may be. But when God tells you to do something, you do it. Someone out there needs to hear or see what you're doing. Someone out there needs your gift, your words, your presence. What I do isn't about me. It's about the people or whoever I encounter. As soon as I get out of a selfish mindset, I can operate properly. As soon as my I begin to ask the question is what I'm doing good enough I need to immediately turn that around to how can what I'm doing help someone else? Is this the best I can do FOR someone else? Is my content reaching anyone? As far as I can tell, I am. So, I'm doing something right.
Even if you aren't as spiritual as me and you're not that into God, so to speak, please don't use what you see on social media as your standard. Be who you're supposed to be. If you do that, then you're already more different than TRYING to be the "different" everyone else claims to be.
Hope this makes sense. 💫
Here's the link to my YouTube Channel since you made it here. Critique me, I love constructive criticism. Let me know what you think.
The same day God answered me was the same day I was getting frustrated at myself for thinking these kind of thoughts because I couldn't understand why I all of a sudden had this mentality of needing to be accepted or good enough to do MY purpose and/or just posting on my feed like I normally do. God answered me through Kanye's tweet. I think that's so funny. In case you missed it Kanye went on a twitter rant. The two tweets that spoke to me was "don't trade your authenticity for approval" and "You have the best ideas. Other people's opinions are usually more distractive than informative. Follow your own vision. base your actions on love. Do things you love and if you don't absolutely love something stop doing it as soon as you can." I will not tolerate any Kanye slander. The end. Because THAT'S A WORD.
That's exactly what I have been doing; trading my authenticity for approval.
It's funny because it seems as though every time I overcome one battle, the enemy throws something else at me. She's thinking more clear, okay let me throw anxiety at her. She's not dealing with anxiety anymore? Okay, let me make her feel confused, fearful, and not good enough. Nah little ugly head dude.
We look for answered prayers in the wrong places or in the wrong way. We want Jesus to come down and sit beside us and say "Look." Just be still. As a chaser of Christ, I'm automatically called to lead a different life than anybody around me. Instead of looking at others for my standard for what is good enough or how I should do things, I have to look at Jesus and the way he lived.
Romans 12:2. This scriptures says don't conform to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that by testing you may discern the will of God, what is good, acceptable, and perfect. God allows us to go through these mess ups to teach us and remind us what HIS will is for us. So that we remember to always stay close to him. It's pretty evident that I can't be me without him. Anytime I try to do things my way or try to depart, I stumble. He gave me an assignment, so I have to do it whether that means stepping out of my comfort zone or not. I got one bad opinion and got discouraged. If I would listened to that one "no don't do it" then the people that need a word couldn't be reached. Meaning I'm not executing my purpose effectively. With the way I'm carrying out my calling, not everyone is going to rock with what you're doing. They may think it's weird, lame, whatever the case may be. But when God tells you to do something, you do it. Someone out there needs to hear or see what you're doing. Someone out there needs your gift, your words, your presence. What I do isn't about me. It's about the people or whoever I encounter. As soon as I get out of a selfish mindset, I can operate properly. As soon as my I begin to ask the question is what I'm doing good enough I need to immediately turn that around to how can what I'm doing help someone else? Is this the best I can do FOR someone else? Is my content reaching anyone? As far as I can tell, I am. So, I'm doing something right.
Even if you aren't as spiritual as me and you're not that into God, so to speak, please don't use what you see on social media as your standard. Be who you're supposed to be. If you do that, then you're already more different than TRYING to be the "different" everyone else claims to be.
Hope this makes sense. 💫
Here's the link to my YouTube Channel since you made it here. Critique me, I love constructive criticism. Let me know what you think.
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