Pop Star Credits God’s Grace For Healing Inner Demons
Amid increasing public concern for his mental health, pop star Justin Bieber took to Instagram to share a personal and reflective message about how his relationship with God has deeply transformed his sense of identity and worth.
The 31-year-old artist behind the hit song “Sorry” used a series of heartfelt posts to contrast his life before and after experiencing God’s grace. According to Bieber, grace radically altered the foundation on which he had built his life.
“Grace shifts everything because it changes what you build your life upon,” he shared.
Before embracing grace, Bieber admitted he lived with the belief that love needed to be earned and that his value depended on success and accomplishments. This mindset, he explained, created anxiety, insecurity, a constant drive to compete, and an inability to rest.
“When you think love must be earned, you’re always running — anxious, afraid, and restless because everything depends on you,” he wrote.
But after accepting grace, Bieber said he discovered a new sense of peace and security. He now understands love as something freely given rather than something to be achieved.
“Knowing you’re already loved lets you live in freedom instead of fear,” he added. “Your worth becomes a gift, not a goal.”
He also noted how grace reshaped his view of others — no longer as competitors, but as fellow human beings sharing in the same divine love. “Grace transforms how you see people,” he wrote. “There’s room for everyone at the table.”
“Grace changes the narrative,” Bieber continued. “From striving to receiving, from fear to trust, from isolation to belonging.”
In another post, Bieber described the experience of being completely accepted by God as finally finding home — a place where there is no rejection, no condemnation, and no uncertainty. Instead, he said, there is assurance and joy in being wanted and delighted in by God.
“It’s not a distant or polite love,” he said. “It breaks through self-loathing and washes away shame completely.”
He emphasized that this life-changing love doesn’t come from perfection or personal effort but from the very nature of who God is — goodness itself.
Bieber also addressed the pressure people often feel to meet others’ expectations, warning that such pressure doesn’t come from Christ. “Jesus doesn’t coerce — He guides and invites,” he wrote. “True love never demands that you compromise your soul for someone else’s comfort.”
“If your heart feels guarded, it might not be rebellion — it might be wisdom,” he added, encouraging his followers to prioritize the quiet inner work God is doing rather than trying to conform to outside pressures.
“You are more fully known than you fear, more deeply loved than you imagine, and more secure than you realize,” he concluded.
His posts were met with overwhelming support from fans and public figures alike, including survival expert Bear Grylls, who commented on the transformative impact of grace: “Boom! Hard to describe, but once received, it changes everything inside.”
Bieber, a regular attendee of Churchome — a non-denominational church led by Judah Smith in Beverly Hills — has made headlines recently for erratic behavior, such as public outbursts and cryptic comments hinting at struggles with imposter syndrome.
Earlier in April, Bieber addressed some of his personal challenges in another Instagram post that touched on his life in Los Angeles and the pressures of fame.
“People keep telling me to leave LA. Do you think I’m going to back down from where my influence matters most?” he wrote. “How can we be agents of change if we run away from the darkness?”
Admitting he had once been consumed by Hollywood’s transactional culture, he said he now wants to live differently as a husband and father, learning from others and being a voice for love and equality.
In another vulnerable post, Bieber reflected on how he’s learning to extend the same grace to others that God extends to him.
“I get treated badly sometimes, but remembering that I’m flawed too — and that God forgave me — helps me not to act superior,” he said. “If I’m honest, I’ve been mean and hurtful too.”
He acknowledged the human tendency to compare and judge, but urged compassion, writing, “My first reaction might be to say, ‘I’d never spread lies about someone,’ but there are other things I do that I’m ashamed of. And yet, God’s grace covers even that.”
“Hurt people hurt people,” Bieber concluded. “And honestly, if I were in someone else’s shoes, I might feel jealous too if I saw me and Hailey living life the way we are.”