roman guevara

ROMAN GUEVARA
Daily Devotional Reading

"Overcoming Insecurities"

Scripture

Genesis 1:27-31
²⁷ So God created man in his own image,
       in the image of God he created him;
       male and female he created them.

    ²⁸
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number;
fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the
birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the
ground."

    ²⁹
Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the
whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be
yours for food. ³⁰ And to all the beasts of
the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move
on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every
green plant for food." And it was so.

    ³¹ God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Nagspeak
ako sa isang church sa La Union just the other day. And one of my
sessions was with their youth fellowship. There i discussed leadership
and how leaders should have confidence. At the end of the session, some
of the young people came up to me and told me na problema nga nila doon
yun.  Marami sa kanila walang confidence. Marami sa kanila insecure.
And while they were talking, i can’t help but think about all the other
youth i’ve encountered through the years, in the Philippines, na
problema lagi ang confidence.

Napakarami sa atin ang me insecurity.

Kung
isa ka sa iilan ilan na walang insecurity, o dinaman kaya’y hindi
nagkaron, as in, ever, aba, siguro magpasalamat ka sa Diyos, at mahabag
ka sa aming lahat na me history sa concern na ito. Dahil, to some
people, insecurities is a real issue.

Some people experience this
at some point in their lives, but eventually, through some help and
personal efforts, na o overcome din.

However, meron din namang hindi ito ma conquer conquer, kaya tumatanda na insecure.

Yung iba nga, napaka lupit ng effect sa kanila ng insecurities.

Nade
deprive sila ng mga opportunities. Hindi nila nakukuha ang para sa
kanila. Natatalo sa laro ng buhay. Hindi nagkakaron ng mga matitino at
lasting relationships.

And the devil uses our insecurities bilang isa sa kanyang weapons of mass destruction.

Dahil
pag tayo ay insecure, we are not confident. When we are not confident,
we don’t see clearly our potential. And if we don’t see clearly our
potential, how can we journey towards achieving great things in life?

Because the devil has one goal. He wants us to lose. And he wants us to lose big!

I remember when i was a teenager, i didnt like how i looked.

Pag tumitingin ako sa salamin, hindi ko masyado nagugustuhan ang aking nakikita.

(Sa bagay, marami naman ata sa atin, hindi rin masyado nagugustuhan ang reflection sa mirror!)

Lalo
na pagnako compare ko sarili ko sa mga classmates ko.  Karamihan kasi
sa kanila mapuputi. E ako naman, kayumangging kayumanggi. Parang at one
time, ako lang ata, o dinaman kaya, mangilan ngilan lang sa amin sa
room ang mejo dark ang complexion. You felt different. To some extent,
i felt quite inferior.

Tapus panun, ang dami ko pang napansin,
tulad ng ang payat payat ko, while my other classmates were really
well-built. Then it was my teeth. Then it was my bag. My shoes. My
belt. Sunod sunod na. Hanggang sa dumating yung araw na para bang there
was nothing nice about me anymore. I walk each day to school with
sadness and terror.  Feeling so insecure about myself.

Why?

Well it all started with me comparing myself, my complexion, with every one else.

Maputi kasi sila, tapus ako kayumanggi.

I
failed to see, na, teka lang, siyempre maputi sila, e, chinese kasi
sila no. Did i fail to mention na sa Chinese School kasi ako nag high
school?

And then nagsunod sunod na ang mga napuna ko sa sarili
ko. Na because i was different from the rest, i was inferior, i was
less, i was nothing.

Thank God at napa attend ako sa isang youth
camp the next summer, and in that youth camp nakaranas ako ng personal
encounter with God. And among many things, ang natutunan ko din, was
that God created me, and he did not make a mistake.

Surely there
are differences among people. But it doesnt mean you’re different e
ibig sabihin you are inferior. That you are less of a person. That you
are nothing.

These are all lies from Satan.

And knowing
that God created me, and that he did not make a mistake, obliterated
the lies of the devil that i didnt realize at that point, was so much
stored in my heart, that it blinded me to see God’s gifts to my life.

Such
us, my nose.  Oo nga, payat ako nung time nayon. But my nose! Praise
God, marami pala ang nagaadmire sa ilong ko nun. O dba! My skin,
specially my face, habang lahat ng classmates ko e problemadong
problemado sa mukha nila dahil sa pimples, ako namay worry free, dahil,
hindi ako masyado nadadapuan ng mga skin irritation na iyan na common
nung time na yon sa youth. In a twisted sense nga, na insecure pa ata
ako, kasi, bakit sila maraming pimples, ako, halos wala! Talk about
twisted ano?

But seriously, when we realize that God created us,
and that what he created is good, we will be able to overcome our
insecurities, and see the many beautiful gifting he has given us.

Wala namang perfect. Pero wala din namang na zero ng blessings.

Sabi nga ng isang lumang Gospel Hymn, "Count your blessings, name them one by one"

Ikaw, nagkaron kaba ng insecurities? Do you still have them?

Believe that God created you. Believe that he did not make a mistake.

Sabi
nga ng isang kanta nana revive ni Jericho Rosales, "You are beautiful
in my eyes"………..Let the Lord whisper that to your ears, over and
over again. God bless

MAKE THIS YOUR PRAYER FOR TODAY

Thank
you Lord for the reminder. Thank you Lord that you have created me. And
yes i know, you didnt make a mistake. You have a purpose why everything
has come to be in my life. And i surrender myself to your purposes, to
your plans, to your calling for my life. Help me Lord to see clearly.
Help me Lord to have the right self confidence. Teach me to accept
myself for who i really am. Forgive me for having negative thoughts
about myself. Allow me today to feel good about my person. To feel
happy. To feel the peace of God flowing over me, from my head, down to
my feet. I receive your blessing and favor today, in Jesus name, i
pray, amen.

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