1436 Voices In Your Head

Oh, the things self-doubt is robbing from you. Just because you don’t feel qualified doesn’t mean it’s not in your destiny. Just because you dismiss yourself doesn’t mean God has dismissed you. If you’ve been letting that little voice in your head talk you out of showing up, let me be straight up honest with you … you’re living less than you could be living. Your life is smaller than it was created to be. You’re missing out on opportunities God Almighty aligned for you and ordained as possible. But that voice. That voice is brutal, isn’t it? That voice reminds you of your past, of all the times you’ve tried and failed. Of all the times you said you would, but you didn’t. Of all the times you started strong and fizzled fast. So that voice now says, why even start again. Why would you actually believe this time will be any different for you? How would it possibly work now? You’re still the same you, so what could you do different? That little voice tells you someone else would be better for the job. You’re just a nobody and you have nothing special to offer. No one ever chooses you. You will never get ahead in life. That’s the voice of self-doubt. We all have it, just some of us listen to it more than others. Some of us allow that voice to override the other voice within us. Did you know there’s another voice that says something totally different? There’s a voice that says you’re not who you once were. There’s a voice that says you’re strong and courageous and chosen. There’s a voice that says nothing shall be impossible. There’s a voice that says there’s a destiny for you beyond today’s circumstances and you are being equipped to walk in it. This other voice is the voice of God’s Spirit which lives within you. But are you listening to the voice of God’s Spirit? Or are you dismissing it? Yes, this voice that tells you you are chosen, you are good enough, you do have the strength, and you can do this … what are you doing with that voice? God warns us in Hebrews 3:8 “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled, when they tested me in the wilderness.” Isn’t this exactly what we have done? We have hardened our hearts to the voice of the Holy Spirit within us that prompts us to show up and move forward. Now, Sis, you need to know what happens when you ignore God’s voice and you instead listen to the voice of self-doubt. You need to know because you certainly don’t want this to happen in your life. God is saying, “don’t do what the Israelites did in the wilderness.” What did they do? They ignored the voice that reminded them of God’s promises and prompted them to move forward, and instead they became overwhelmed with the voice of ‘what if’ and fear. The Israelites were promised a land flowing with milk and honey. However, to get there, they would have to travel through a harsh wilderness for a short time. Their short time in the wilderness turned into 40 years of wandering and generations dying in what was destined to be temporary but became permanent. Why did the wilderness become permanent? Because they listened to the wrong voice. The voice of the Holy Spirit told them they could move forward. They could conquer their enemies. They could have everything God promised them. The voice of self-doubt told them it was too hard, they were too little, their enemies were too big, and they shouldn’t even try. Hebrews 3:19, “So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.” What caused their unbelief? Listening to their own voice of doubt over the voice of God. Listening to the wrong voice caused them to forfeited the life God had planned for them. Did you know you could be doing that? You could be completely missing the good plans God has for you by listening to that little nagging voice inside of you that tells you you’re not good enough and you can’t do it. Girl, what are y