Everyone has insecurities. Being aware of our insecurities is the first step toward working through them. It is when we are able to gain our security from outside ourselves that we gain true security.
Indeed, being rescued from our insecurities is only truly possible through Love. I think That’s what this week is all about. He came to die so that we could truly place our trust in him and then he, Jesus could be our security, our strong tower.
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Can you elaborate on “It is when we are able to gain our security from outside ourselves that we gain true security. “?
Are you really just talking about the security we have in Christ, as your next paragraph points out? If that’s true, then, how is this done? Just a conscious choice?
The choice is just the beginning. The choice is to follow, to begin a journey. This week is Holy week. For Jesus there were ups and downs, triumph and apparant disgrace. There was doubt, but in the midst of that doubt, “Father, let this cup pass…” There was disciplined faith in the Father, “but not my will but thine be done.” While it’s TRUE that Jesus has been deity for all eternity, 100% GOD, when he was conceived, he was 100% human as well. But he never sinned, so his doubt was answered with his faith in the Father’s eternal plan. He would have the disciplined faith to FOLLOW that plan with discipline. His suffering, his brutal death, these were necessary FOR us. So, his example is for us to follow. We too can build a disciplined faith in trusting God. It starts with the decision to follow. Daily. Hourly. Moment by moment. Living a life of following Jesus has ups and downs, triumphs and apparant disgrace. There WILL be doubt. We answer doubt with faith. Faith that God gives and nurtures as we dwell with him. But if we don’t excercise our faith, like muscle, it will weaken. This is why Jesus, last night, after the supper, told us to abide with him, to remain in him. Daily. Hourly. Moment by Moment. The other day I urged three young men to find a time and a place that they can sit with God in disciplined abiding. It IS the only way I know to have HIM build my faith. I can’t, I’m too weak. He can, he is strong. Thanks be to God.
Thanks for this….. the whole concept of “abide” is quite interesting to me and there are times I feel I do all the right things and yet still feel distant.
Sometimes when it comes to the “choice” thing I wonder if it is more of a choice if self-deluding rather than looking at things honestly and objectively. Sure I can choose to believe in something but is it truth?
And I have to honestly say here that this is something I will probably continue to wrestle with my whole life. Perhaps there is no answers and I should be okay with that. (but I’m not and keep annoying people because I still lack faith that comes so easily for everyone else to make that choice).