August 1, 2025

The Identity Crowbar

This article has been written by Jackie Overstreet

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Why Self-Esteem is Keeping You Trapped in Performance Mode

You've been told a thousand times to "believe in yourself." Build confidence. Practice affirmations. Love yourself first.


Here’s what the self-help industry doesn’t want you to discover: this entire approach is keeping you trapped in performance mode.


Your worth wasn’t built. It was established.


Before you took your first breath, before you made your first mistake, before you achieved your first success—Jesus Christ, the Son of God, declared your value. Not because of what you’d do, but because of whose you are.


Self-esteem asks:
"Am I good enough?"


Soul esteem declares:
"I am chosen."


The difference isn’t semantic. It’s the difference between building on shifting sand and standing on unshakable foundation.

  • Self-esteem fluctuates with performance.
  • Soul esteem remains constant because it’s anchored in divine truth.
  • Self-esteem requires constant maintenance through affirmations and achievements.
  • Soul esteem simply requires remembering what God has already declared about you.


The enemy’s greatest weapon isn’t temptation—it’s identity confusion.


Satan doesn’t need to make you sin if he can make you forget whose you are.


When you operate from self-esteem, you're building something that was never meant to be constructed.


When you operate from soul esteem, you're discovering something that’s been yours all along.


God isn’t asking you to become worthy. He’s inviting you to remember that you already are.



What lies are you still trying to build over instead of simply removing?


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