How to Provoke and Kill Your Inner Victim

A book I read explains that the “victim” in each of us thrives on using the injustices of life to justify all manner of selfishness; the unwillingness to love, the numbing of our feelings for others, abusive anger or the satisfaction of numerous lusts.

Four principles of selfishness:

1. Looking good
2. Feeling good
3. Being right
4. Being in control

Self-preservation and comfort is their only goal. The “victim” trades short-term pain of resolving a crisis for a long-term, dull ache of hopelessness.

God has given us the authority and liberty to steward our lives. Whenever we surrender that control to someone or something else, we become a “victim” to that person or thing. Every time you allow a past hurt, a failure, a feeling or a circumstance to determine your life, you are relating to those incidents as a victim.

Also in this series:

• Our Biggest Idol: Ourselves
• How to Move from Selfishness to Selflessness