Personal security through accomplishment?

Feeling secure in who I am? What determines who I am so that I have worth and value. Does my security in who I am come from my accomplishments, successes and achievements? If so then I am being held captive to “empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ" as Paul writes in Colossians. Do you find yourself deceived into believing the lie that you are set apart as being someone of worth through your own ability to accomplish or possess or whatever. This belief is prideful and establishes you as the one who should receive the glory for who you are and the things you accomplish. It also robs you of peace and freedom by making you a slave to fear.................the fear of failure.

Remember that Jesus declared you as being valuable beyond comprehension through enormous suffering on the cross. Why did he do this? Well, it wasn’t because you measured up or even because you asked for him to. The suffering of Jesus on the cross clearly demonstrates how much he values and loves you. The cross is proof of your unconditional value as a person. If God values you and loves you, then who is to argue? Stop striving and receive him freely by faith. Now, having received Him pray that his love will capture your heart so that the things you do in life are no longer in defense of your own pride as being someone of worth but rather are pure and from singleness of heart in love to the one who loves us.