Who Are You Reall? // So How’s Your Self-Image Looking?, Part 1

<p class="p1">One of the most important, the most profound, the most fundamental influences on our lives is how we see ourselves. And let me say, how we see ourselves, isn’t always that healthy. So … what sort of an impact is that having on your life?</p> <h3><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>DISTORTED MIRROR SYNDROME</strong></span></h3> <p>On a fairly regular basis in the various series and programmes that I share with you here on <em>’Christianityworks’</em>, I touch on things like self-image, low self-esteem, giftings and abilities – that sort of thing. There’s a reason that I keep coming back to that genre of discussion if you will, and that reason is this: I see so many people in this world who are walking around with a distorted view of who they are, and those distortions (fed to them largely by the people in the systems and the economy that surround them) are ruining their lives. So as I was thinking and praying about what we could talk about starting this week, I came to the conclusion that it was time for a whole series on self-image, and so I’ve called it "<em>So … How’s Your Self-Image Looking?"</em>, because the aim I guess is to challenge you about how you see yourself.</p> <p>If you’ve ever read Stephen Covey’s book "<em>The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"</em>, you may remember that one of the things he starts off with is how we see the world. He describes it something like this: ‘It’s like we each have a different set of glasses on our face. Maybe yours have a pink tint and mine have a yellow tint and the next person’s have a green tint, and what we see and how we see it depends entirely on those lenses through which we’re looking at the world. Most commonly, people say that "seeing is believing", but actually no, argues Covey, "<strong>believing is seeing"</strong>. What you believe profoundly influences what you see.’</p> <p>A few weeks ago on the programme, I shared the difference between someone who’s secure in themselves and someone who’s insecure. Let’s say you’re insecure. A p