Friday, July 3, 2026
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10
The Lies We Believe About Ourselves
What do you believe about yourself? If we are honest, most of us don’t believe good things about ourselves. We see our flaws when we look in the mirror. Our mistakes and poor choices scream louder than the right actions we take and good choices we make. Satan loves for us to believe lies about ourselves and he knows that it is our tendency to see the bad over the good when we are examining ourselves. If we believe we are unworthy, or too far gone, or that God would never see us as valuable or lovable or good enough then we are debilitated in our work for the Kingdom of God. If we believe these lies about ourselves, then we don’t believe that we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works.
We are created in his image and created especially for good works that God planned for our lives before we were even born. When we stay stuck in the lie that we are unworthy or don’t measure up, we cannot step into the promise that we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. God has a special calling on all of our lives. He has good works that he has planned for us to do that are for the Kingdom of God and his glory. When we don’t step into that calling because we don’t believe we are worthy, we miss the amazing blessing of serving him and living in the fulfillment of God’s plan for our lives. We are given an identity in him, complete with divine purpose for his good works that glorify him and point others to him.
All of us have flaws and faults. No one is perfect and many of the temptations we experience and even fall to is what many others are experiencing as well. There is not a single sin that Jesus cannot free you from or that will make Him love you less. Satan tries to break us down into believing we are not usable and that will keep us from being obedient to God.
We are his workmanship, created with gifts, purpose, and the power of the Holy Spirit to spread the gospel story to a lost and dying world. He gives us everything we need to step out in obedience to fulfill his calling on our lives. We are an individual as well as part of the unified body of Christ, where we all play an important part. Now as we have many parts in one body, and all the parts do not have the same function… Romans 12:4 Each part is just as important as the next one.
Freedom comes when we replace Satan’s lies with God’s truth. We do not overcome lies by trying harder; we overcome them by believing what God has already said about us.
Today, identify one lie you've been believing about yourself. Then find the truth God says in His Word and hold onto it. God's truth always leads toward conviction, hope, restoration, and life. Satan’s voice leads toward shame, fear, and despair. The truth is not found in your failures, your insecurities, or your circumstances. The truth is found in Christ.
