So Long Insecurity!

Last weekend our church was a host site for Beth Moore's So Long Insecurity Simulcast.  It was a nation wide event that apparently reached over 300,000 women! That's a lot of women!  We had about 65-75 woman at our church...it was a fun day of fellowshipping, laughing and learning!  I wish I could write all that I learned from that day but that's a lot of writing for me and I have a lot of clothes/dishes/mopping (you get the idea) to do, so I will hit the highlights and then share with you the "commissioning" message she gave us!

• Insecurity is NOT a weakness, it is disbelief in the One True God.  He tells us who we are in Him...we just chose not to believe him and therefore are prone to insecure behavior!
• SECURE women (speaking of secure women in Christ, not in themselves) let things "roll off their backs", they don't get easily offended and they don't hold grudges.
• SECURE women don't have to think about themselves all the time!
• SECURE woman can love others without needing everyone to love them back.  
• OUR SECURITY IS IN CHRIST JESUS!!!!

I struggle with insecurity..."what will so & so think of me?" "how will they respond if I do this?" and so on...during the days that followed this event I kept asking myself..."How would a secure woman in Christ respond?" I pray that I begin to shake of those insecure thoughts and behaviors, knowing that God the Father has called me HIS BELOVED...what more could I want!   At the end of the day we were grouped with another woman and repeated the following words to each other...Dear sister I pray you can say these words truthfully and with full confidence in our Father!!  Could you imagine how our marriages, our parenting, our church life, our relationships would change if we lived in the security that only Christ  can bring?!

My Dear Sister

If Christ is Your Savior

You are the dwelling place

Of His own Spirit

You have it IN YOU

to be secure.

Every day of your life

You have a choice to make

You can live in your old defeat

Or you can turn from your unbelief

And choose life

Make up your mind

To put off the old you

And put on the new you.

Never, ever, ever forget

That the Lord is your security.

He will keep your foot

From being caught in a trap.

He will take care of you

To your very last breath.

Now, leave this place

And go out into the world

And act like a person

Who knows she’s dearly loved.

You were born to be exceptional.

So, Girlfriend, go forth

And walk worthy of your calling.

You are clothed in strength and dignity!

Now unto Him

Who can keep you from falling

Be glory and majesty

Power and authority

Through Jesus Christ our Lord

Now and forever more

Amen.

So Long, Insecurity!