Coming off the same website where I got the sermon about Dealing With Disappointment, I found this gem, which I've been listening to over and over, about Insecurity.
He says (paraphrased), "Solve your point of insecurity by coming to Jesus. Jesus is the only one who can make you feel secure. We keep trying to do our worldly thing to try to make ourselves valuable. It’s not that Jesus isn’t enough, it’s that we’re not letting Jesus be appropriated into every area of our life. "
I truly needed to hear this. I so often want to draw into myself because I feel inadequate--like I'm not skilled enough in my second language, or I'm not pretty enough, or lacking as a teacher, or I'm behaving too silly or too quirky or too studious or a thousand other contrasting things that keep me from blessing people.
When I boil over with insecurity, I lose sight of Jesus and of the people Jesus wants me to love. My value comes from the Lord, not from any other worldly source. With the heavenly Father there is always security, and that should make us bold enough to seek out others to serve and bless, unselfishly.
Insecurity - Jimmy Seibert from Antioch Community Church on Vimeo.
