Insecurity:
1. Not sure or certain; doubtful:
1. Not sure or certain; doubtful:
2. Inadequately guarded or protected; unsafe:
3. Not firm or fixed; unsteady:
4.Lacking stability; troubled: 5.Lacking self-confidence; plagued by anxiety:
There is nothing about this word that I like. Who wants to be unsure, doubtful, unsafe, inadequately guarded or protected, never fixed or firm in life, unsteady, lacking stability, plagued by anxiety, troubled and lacking self-confidence?
What a miserable life, and yet it is a lifestyle that many partake of every day. They get up to these attributes every morning and lay down with them every night. This is not the kind of life that God intended us to live.
God wants us to lie down in peace. He was us to rise to the dawning of every sunrise with these words on our lips, "This is the day the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it."
People who live in insecurity do not know the character of God. God is Love and desires that you live your life total security. Psalms 91 is a excellent descriptive truth of the security that comes from a right life with God.
Psalms 91
1 ¶ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 ¶ Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Job 11:18 says:
...thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
God wants us to know that there is both hope and help in Him. He wants us to understand a life of safety and confidence; one without fears or cares.
Insecurity comes to stop you from fulfilling your purpose in life, but there is a life of security through Christ Jesus. He came to give you life and that more abundantly.
To live insecure is to live with a defensive attitude. Insecure people seem to think when anyone does not totally agree with them are against them, or they put themselves down as being incompetent. When in reality, that is not truth, that is just being able to work together for an overall good.
A person who is insecure can display nervousness and social withdrawal, but can also express themselves through arrogance and aggression. Either way the person is moving in what they perceive to be threat to them . And for the insecure, most everything is a threat. They can even become paranoid. At this state they think everyone is against them.
Insecure people are most comfortable in an atmosphere where they are alone or have someone to cling to that is a 'yes man' so to speak. This person lets them always have their own way all the time. However, this is very unhealthy for both parties. A relationship that is built one sided is usual of a co dependent nature.
Here is the good knows YOU can OVERCOME insecurity. YOU can be FREE! You CAN live your life: sure; steady; stable; confident and free of worry and strife. But it will take you making adjustments. You have to change the way you think about things. You have to build a new belief system.
God's Foundational Truth Will Set You Free
1. Read the Word concerning who God has created you to be.
2. Make daily confessions concerning your value
3. Refuse to become to defensive ... and if you are a runner who withdraws refuse to run
4. Hold fast to your confessions of faith concerning the truth
5. Pray for boldness that is laced with grace
To overcome insecurity, a person must begin to value and respect themselves. Respecting yourself is not being arrogant and unteachable. It is not placing yourself higher than others, and it is not self promoting. Respecting yourself is to respect God and others and to see yourself as an equal.
If you want to be free from insecurity you must learn to stand on your own two feet and be able to look in the mirror an know what kind of man or woman you truly are. You have to be willing to change and be transformed daily to the better you. To be free from insecurity you will have to separate from codependent living, and learn how to work with people not use people for your personal promotion or benefit.
You can be free of insecurity!
But You must be willing to face reality.
Unless you are willing to admit to your insecure life without blaming someone or something else for all of your emotional dysfunction. You will remain the same. But if you will look in the mirror and say, Okay it is time for change. I am not living my life like this anymore. It is time for me to be able to move forward on my own two feet. If I fall I will get up, but I will get up on my feet, not on the crutches of another persons vision.
God never intended you to live in the shadow of someone other than Him. You are meant to cast your own shadow! But insecurity will keep you under others insomuch that your shadow will seem to be lost. Refuse to allow the enemy of insecurity to keep you from living the good life!
2. Make daily confessions concerning your value
3. Refuse to become to defensive ... and if you are a runner who withdraws refuse to run
4. Hold fast to your confessions of faith concerning the truth
5. Pray for boldness that is laced with grace
To overcome insecurity, a person must begin to value and respect themselves. Respecting yourself is not being arrogant and unteachable. It is not placing yourself higher than others, and it is not self promoting. Respecting yourself is to respect God and others and to see yourself as an equal.
If you want to be free from insecurity you must learn to stand on your own two feet and be able to look in the mirror an know what kind of man or woman you truly are. You have to be willing to change and be transformed daily to the better you. To be free from insecurity you will have to separate from codependent living, and learn how to work with people not use people for your personal promotion or benefit.
You can be free of insecurity!
But You must be willing to face reality.
Unless you are willing to admit to your insecure life without blaming someone or something else for all of your emotional dysfunction. You will remain the same. But if you will look in the mirror and say, Okay it is time for change. I am not living my life like this anymore. It is time for me to be able to move forward on my own two feet. If I fall I will get up, but I will get up on my feet, not on the crutches of another persons vision.
God never intended you to live in the shadow of someone other than Him. You are meant to cast your own shadow! But insecurity will keep you under others insomuch that your shadow will seem to be lost. Refuse to allow the enemy of insecurity to keep you from living the good life!
