When we are insecure in ourselves, we tend to experience a lot of doubts about ourselves and others, we fear things, situations, feelings that otherwise we wouldn’t, we are not confident or certain in anything, we often demonstrate uneasiness or have feelings of anxiety…all in all, we don’t live as though we have a secure footing in this word.
It may sound like I’m being a little over the top but from experience I know that insecurity is a debilitating disease which if left unaddressed can cause crippling effects in our lives. We often use coping mechanisms like humour, shyness or pretend-confidence to try and mask our insecurity but below the outer shell, our insecurities slowly but surely eat away at us. It’s no easy ride living inside a shell, pretending to be something that we are not, constantly having to portray a persona that we think fits into the world we live in, so we need to find ways to keep insecurity from dominating our life.
To battle insecurity our greatest weapon is SECURITY and to obtain security we need to first look at THEOLOGY. Surprised…you may very well be but theology allows us to identify who we are - now not the theology which says memorise some bible verses and repeat them 6 times every morning, but rather the theology which says know the bible verses so well that they are ingrained into your mind, heart and soul, believe in the verses wholeheartedly and begin to walk in them without an iota of doubt. The theology which allows you to have a family relationship with brothers and sisters in Christ so that together we can all build each other up. The theology which says you do not need to have a pastor pray for you before God hears you but rather the one that encourages and even insists upon you have a personal intimate relationship with God for yourself.
Our security comes from knowing who we are in Christ, believing that we are His children by His grace and mercy who were created for His glory and having faith that what God has pre-ordained prior to our conception will SURELY come to pass in our lives.
Do you know who you are in Christ? Do you believe that you are a young lady who is searching for love, because no-one – not parents, friends, so called boy-friend – has every truly loved you, or do you believe that you are a daughter of God, who he promises to lead (2 Cor 6:18) and whom He loves with an everlasting love (Jer 31:3); do you believe you are worth nothing, just roaming around trying to make ends meet or do you believe you are an heir with Christ Jesus (Rom 8:17) and so your FATHER is the God who ALL the earth and its fullness belongs to (Psalm 24:1); do you believe you have done too much wrong for God to love and want to use you or do you believe that God wants to set you apart from this world for His glory (2 Cor 6:17) and sees you as part of a holy nation who He wants to use to show forth His glory (1 Pet 2:9).
If you are God’s child, adopted through your repentance and acceptance and by God’s kindness and mercy then all the positives above refer to YOU. If the positives confuse you and you still can’t believe it, I encourage you to start reading and meditating on the word of God, start having conversations with your Father (praying) and allowing the Holy Spirit to comfort and guide you; by doing this, you will begin to believe in what you are hearing and you will walk in confidence…that is security.
Meditate on: 2 Corinthians 6:17, Jeremiah 31:3, Romans 8:17, Psalm 24:1, 1 Peter 2:9
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