I am naturally a very anxious, cowardly person. When things get hard, I hide. I avoid conflict at all costs. I constantly look at myself in the mirror and just see weakness. I was reading Judges 6 today. The Midianites are terrorizing Israel. Gideon is so terrified that he is hiding down in a dark, sunken winepress just to thresh a little bit of wheat so the enemy won't see him. He is the definition of a coward. Suddenly, the Angel of the Lord appears to him in the winepress and says, "The Lord is with you, mighty warrior." God didn't call him a coward. God looked at a terrified guy hiding in a hole and addressed him by his future potential, not his present reality. God doesn't see your anxiety. He sees the warrior He designed you to become. Step out of the winepress. #ImposterSyndrome #Gideon #Judges6 #OvercomingAnxiety #IdentityInChrist