Becoming A Vessel Of Honor Rebecca Brown

139 feriority complex." I should know, I was guilty of this sin for a number of years. It was one of the first things the Holy Spirit demanded I deal with after I had made Jesus the total master in my life. I had experienced much rejection as a child growing up. As a result, I thought I was worthless, ugly and repulsive to other people. I had such an "inferiority complex" that I would never go into even a fastfood restaurant by myself to eat. I didn’t want people looking at me. I will never forget the evening shortly after I had made Jesus the total master in my life when the Holy Spirit dealt with me on the problem. I was starting to drive through a drive-up window at MacDonald’s when the Lord spoke to me with profound clarity and force. "No, you will go inside and sit down at a table and eat!" "But Lord," I replied, "You know I can’t stand doing that. What will all those people think of me eating alone?" The Lord’s answer was swift, clear and to the point. "That’s just the problem. You never think about anything but your self! You must confess your inferiority complex as SIN! It is the sin of self-centeredness. The fact is that you aren’t im portant enough for other people to bother with you at all. They are all thinking about themselves." I was shocked! But I knew immediately that what the Holy Spirit said was true. Paranoia, inferiority complexes, people reacting because of past rejection in their life, are ALL the sin of self-centeredness! It’s time we stopped thinking about ourselves all the time and became the servants of our King that we should be. Has someone hurt you? Then, before God, you are required to forgive him. Do you know what it means to forgive?

Chapter 8 The Sin Nature