How to Deal with Feelings of Inadequacy

Looking Good

1 Corinthians 2:1-5 1-And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 2-For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3-And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 4-And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5-That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

In this verse, Paul recognizes the tendency in all people to want to be noticed—to look good. But this leads to another problem, the trap of comparing ourselves to others, and eventual feelings of inadequacy. In this devotional, we learn to keep our focus on God where it belongs, and to shine the spotlight on him, rather than ourselves.