Secure in the Lord!

Welcome back to the journey of my blog… So sorry that I have been away for so long. I have been busy with finishing up the last few weeks of my senior year.

Anyways today I thought: I should post something on my blog today since I have some free time. For awhile I sat here thinking: What in the world can I write on that would be hopefully an encouragement to others?

Finally the Lord put on my heart to talk about insecurity. I know you may be sitting here reading that not wanting me to share about this topic… But to be totally honest, I would rather not share about this topic, because I have been struggling with this topic hardcore the past few weeks.

So today, I am going to share a little about what I have been going through, line it up with scripture, and try to point you all back to Christ at the same time.

I pray that the Lord will use me to be able to encourage you and to remind you that you aren’t alone if you have/are/or will struggle with insecurity. Please put on your seatbelts and enjoy the ride.

Lately I have been struggling with insecurity as you all know from above. Well to expound on that, I have been insecure about my health, weight, relationships, wanting to please people, etc. I have been waking up in the morning feeling burdened and overwhelmed with the way I have been feeling. I have felt as if I don’t fit in with friend groups, classes outside my home, church, etc. I have always felt as the nerdy, overweight girl who has many health problems and who always tries creating drama.

When I started my sophomore year in high school, I got cyberbullied and bullied at a class that I went too. I was getting bullied about my Salvation, my weight, my health problems, etc.

I shared with my parents and the Lord… And the Lord has helped me to try and move on.

Even though I thought I had moved on all the way, in a sense I did… But that doesn’t change that I have felt insecure about what people think of me today.

I bring all the stuff up above because I know I am not the only one that has gone through stuff like this. I want you to know that if you have gone through similar things or even way worse… Know that you aren’t alone.

BUT the first question I would like you to ponder on is this: What should we do with our thoughts when we feel insecure?

We should take them to our parents or even a mentor in our life… But also, most importantly we need to give it to the Lord and ask Him for His help. We can’t handle feeling insecure by ourselves. When we try to ignore or take the pain away ourselves, we just seem to fall more into insecurity.

Secondly, I think we should look to see what Scripture says about our appearance and when we feel alone who is with us.

1 Samuel 16:7 says, “7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for [a]God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Just in this verse we see that even though people look at our outward appearance and most people judge us by our outer appearance… Guess what?!? God looks at our inner beauty. He looks at the heart! He doesn’t look at you and say,

“Oh you know what, I think so and so is overweight, or so and so isn’t that pretty on the outside…”

No instead He looks only at the heart. So yes, people may look at you and think,

“Man that boy/girl isn’t pretty.” Or:

“That girl/boy is overweight.” But ultimately, we shouldn’t care what others think of our outer appearance…

Instead, we should be reminded of what God looks at.

I am not saying you shouldn’t try and be healthy, because we should try and be healthy. I am just saying we need to not be so worried and insecure that we don’t focus more on the inner beauty. Because God loves and cares about us.

In Psalm 139:14 it says, “I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.”

We need to remember that God has fearfully and wonderfully made us. We shouldn’t be looking so much on all the negative we see… Instead we should be reminded that God has made us and everything He has created is perfect in His sight.

So today, I did feel really insecure and I was overwhelmed by lies from Satan. I bought into the lies that I was unloved, alone, ugly, stupid, and that I don’t have anyone to go to or talk to.

But then after going and sitting by myself for awhile. The Lord reminded me of the verses above and Isaiah 41:10 which says, “‘Do not fear, for I am with you;Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you, surely I will help you,

Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’”

After the Lord reminded me of these scriptures, I felt a lot less burdened and remembered that no matter how many people are against me… The Lord is here for me and He is right by my side. Therefore there is no need to feel insecure.

Instead we should feel secure if we are in the Lord.