Who You Became Without God Isn’t Who You’re Meant to Be

When you try to lead yourself, you become a version of you that God never designed. This message is a reminder that surrender is strength. Letting God lead will expose what needs to change, restore your peace, and reveal the real you — the one created in His image and shaped by His Spirit.

Bible Verses Mentioned (NIV)

Proverbs 25:28 – “Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.”

Ephesians 6:12 – “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”

Galatians 5:22–23 – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”

Romans 12:2 – “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 – “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”

James 4:7–8 – “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you.”

Timestamps
00:00 – I wasted time trying to lead myself instead of letting God lead
01:01 – There is no right way without God
01:58 – Who you become without Him is not who you’re meant to be
02:27 – Surrendering makes life clearer — you can hear God better
02:44 – The Holy Spirit’s “no” is protection, not rejection
03:20 – The best version of you is the closest version to God
03:35 – Start letting go of old habits, old environments, and old desires
04:00 – You can’t walk in self-control without God
05:06 – When you shed your old self, you’ll face resistance — but stay rooted
06:41 – Every day you’re either growing in the Spirit or in the flesh
07:16 – Surrender leads to power — obedience breaks chains
07:45 – The more you grow in God, the less attractive old temptations become
08:16 – Shed what the world taught you — that’s not who God called you to be