Dear Lord,
I hate it when I am self-conscious, when I feel as if everyone is looking at and judging me. That’s when I want to run and hide!
Your Word reminds me that fearing others is a dangerous trap but trusting You means safety.
Help me not to be afraid of the faces that look my way, for I know that You will deliver me from being self-conscious.
I will always keep my eyes on You. With You beside me, I cannot be shaken.
You are my helper, so what do I have to fear? There is nothing anyone can do to me, no judgment or wrongdoing on their part that could ever take me out of Your hand.
So, Lord, I’ve decided that I want to push back against the fear that has kept me from doing all that You are calling me to do. In exchange for my self-consciousness, I ask that You wrap me in Your perfect love, for when I am wearing Your love, fear has no way to attach itself to me.
Besides, my focus shouldn’t be on myself anyway. My focus should be on You and the love You have put into my heart for others.
When I am living in Your light, it’s easy for me to have fellowship with others. And as for others judging me, I have nothing to fear. You have already cleansed me from all sin.
In the name of Jesus, amen.
Fearing people is a dangerous trap,
but trusting the LORD means safety.
Proverbs 29:25 NLT
“Do not be afraid of their faces, for I am with you to deliver you,” says the LORD.
Jeremiah 1:8 NKJV
I keep my eyes always on the LORD.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Psalm 16:8 NIV
So we can confidently say,
“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:6 ESV
No fear exists where his love is. Rather, perfect love gets rid of fear, because fear involves punishment. The person who lives in fear doesn’t have perfect love.
1 John 4:18 GW
But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:7 NLT