"My voice doesn't matter—nobody listens to what I have to say."
How it sounds in your head: Adults talk over you. Friends interrupt you. You start to share something and eyes glaze over. Eventually you just stop trying because why bother? Nobody actually cares what you think.
"Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, and from the opening of my lips will come right things."
-- Proverbs 8:6Enemy stealing identity through being dismissed and silenced during formative years when voice is developing.
You've tested it—you share an idea and it's ignored, then someone else says the same thing and everyone loves it. Teachers call on everyone but you. Your words evaporate into nothing.
Young servant girl who answered the door when Peter was miraculously freed from prison. Adults told her she was CRAZY and OUT OF HER MIND when she insisted Peter was at the door—but she was the ONLY ONE telling the truth while the 'important' people argued.
I REFUSE the lie that my voice doesn't matter. IT IS WRITTEN that from the opening of my lips will come right things. I am not invisible or ignorable—I carry the WORD OF THE LORD. When I speak, I speak excellent things because CHRIST IN ME is the hope of glory. IT IS WRITTEN that out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants God has ordained strength. My age doesn't disqualify me; my gender doesn't silence me; my inexperience doesn't diminish me. I carry the BARAK blessing and the SPIRIT OF TRUTH. I declare my voice is MIGHTY because it's filled with His voice, and what He has put in my mouth will accomplish what He pleases.
The Father leans in close when you whisper—He's not distracted by the 'important' voices. To Him, YOUR voice is the one He's been waiting to hear.