In our "Do Not Fear" series, we are looking at "Insecurities" this week. This could be a really good study, because I think that most everyone has insecurities.
In Scripture, we see that even amazing saints and leaders like Moses, Joshua, Gideon, and Jeremiah had insecurities. But, as in our study in Chp 1 of Jeremiah shows, we do not need to let our insecurities prevent us from being used by God. God can give us the ability and power to do what He has called us to do, in spite of our insecurities. As He promised Jeremiah, He will be with us and will rescue us. The "rescue" part implies that it may not necessarily be all "smooth sailing"; but, that there will be times that we will require rescue.
Insecurities, in some ways, can also be related to being a perfectionist and also fearing insignificance. A perfectionist does not want to fail; which could generate a fear when it comes to weaknesses and thus personal insecurities. In the same way, a person who fears insignificance might be insecure when a weakness appears to be magnified.
In my life, I have learned that, in order to overcome my insecurities, I needed to put my confidence in the LORD. His "power is made perfect in weakness" for "when I am weak, then I am strong" in HIM (paraphrase 2 Corinthians 12:9-10).
Friday, August 14, 2009
Insecurities
In our "Do Not Fear" series, we are looking at "Insecurities" this week. This could be a really good study, because I think that most everyone has insecurities.
In Scripture, we see that even amazing saints and leaders like Moses, Joshua, Gideon, and Jeremiah had insecurities. But, as in our study in Chp 1 of Jeremiah shows, we do not need to let our insecurities prevent us from being used by God. God can give us the ability and power to do what He has called us to do, in spite of our insecurities. As He promised Jeremiah, He will be with us and will rescue us. The "rescue" part implies that it may not necessarily be all "smooth sailing"; but, that there will be times that we will require rescue.
Insecurities, in some ways, can also be related to being a perfectionist and also fearing insignificance. A perfectionist does not want to fail; which could generate a fear when it comes to weaknesses and thus personal insecurities. In the same way, a person who fears insignificance might be insecure when a weakness appears to be magnified.
In my life, I have learned that, in order to overcome my insecurities, I needed to put my confidence in the LORD. His "power is made perfect in weakness" for "when I am weak, then I am strong" in HIM (paraphrase 2 Corinthians 12:9-10).
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