Why I Don’t Share Pictures of Myself on Instagram

I have made a decision not to share pictures of myself on the Fearless Faithfulness Instagram page. I have spent a lot of time thinking about this decision and my reasoning behind it. My biggest reason is that my account is about God, not me. I never want myself to become the focus. I hope that this will help you to understand my intentions and maybe it will help you think about your own intentions.

As part of the Fearless Faithfulness blog, I also have an Instagram account. The pictures I share usually include a Bible verse edited on top of a picture of something in nature. Usually I do not share pictures of myself. I know this is different from many people who have accounts like I do and I want to share my reasoning.

First, I want to clarify that this is my personal opinion. I don’t want to make anyone feel like they are doing the wrong thing. God has given us each our own purpose and I feel that this is mine. This is my perspective and what I feel that God wants me to do. While this may change for me eventually, I feel that at this point God does not want me to share a lot of pictures of myself on the Fearless Faithfulness account. These are some of the reasons why.

God, Not Me

First of all, my account is about God, not me. My intention has always been to share the things that God teaches me, not things about myself. I never even considered making my account about me. I don’t want people to come to my account just for me and how I look. I want them to come to my account to learn about God.

I have seen many other Christians on Instagram posting pictures of themselves. While they are not at all wrong, it has made me think about my intentions and my reasoning. I want there to be a reason for everything I do. Quite often God puts it on my heart to share that reasoning.

Comparison

I also don’t want people to start comparing themselves to me, especially physically. I don’t like making people feel bad about themselves. I can avoid that by not flooding Instagram feeds with my physical appearance. With social media, it can be so easy to compare ourselves with others. I find myself doing it all the time and it can get exhausting! We do it without even thinking about it and I don’t want to tempt anyone to compare themselves to others. 

Focus On Message

Finally, I know that it can be hard to focus on God when looking at pictures of people. Yes, people are God’s creations but pictures of people can be very distracting. Not only is it a distraction but it also causes sin. I know I personally can’t help but judge people on social media. As hard as I try not to, my sinful nature won’t let me stop.

I also will often look at someone’s picture and not read their caption. It sounds bad but I get so distracted by the picture that I forget to read the caption. I want people to come to my account and focus on God’s words and the lessons that I share. By placing words on my pictures, people who see my posts have to at least read one verse of God’s Word. 

I want to end by sharing again that I don’t want anyone to feel that they are wrong. These are my personal convictions. I hope that I have made you think and I also hope you will understand why I have decided not to post many pictures of myself on the Fearless Faithfulness Instagram page.