A New Way of Living Every Moment with Jesus (Especially in Fear, Rejection, and Shame)
We have learned to depend on ourselves in ways we were never meant to. This is not just a habit—it is the wound of original sin. Cut off from the immediate intimacy with God for which we were created, we begin to carry life on our own shoulders. And somewhere deep within, a quiet conviction forms: I am not enough. From that place, we begin to labor. We analyze. We replay. We try to “solve” ourselves in our own minds. Every rejection, every fear, every moment of shame becomes a problem to fix. And so we enter into an exhausting cycle— a restless, unending toil to overcome a sense of insufficiency that never quite leaves. We remain stuck in a maze of interior noise and quiet despondency. The Way Out Is Not More Effort The way out is not found in thinking harder. It begins with letting go. It is a conscious, repeated act of surrender—an abandonment of self into Jesus Christ, in whom we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28). The shift is simple, but radical: From a ...