Written by Dave McCroskey
PART ONE: THE PROBLEM
When
you check your inbox and you don’t have any new messages - do you hit the
refresh button just to be sure?
How
many times do you look in the mirror before you leave the house every day?
We
have American Idol, The Voice, Dancing with the Stars, America’s Got Talent!
Why
is our generation so consumed with popularity, good looks, talent, and fame?
In
a word: INSECURITY!
I
love my life. No really - I do. A wonderful job, fabulous family, amazing fiancé,
and
obviously,
an incredible God all make my life well worth the living. However, what I have
noticed
among others in my generation is that how much I LOVE my life is
proportionately
how much other people my age HATE their life. ! !
Why
is that? In a word: INSECURITY!
On
an individual basis, our generation doesn’t seem to be very happy with who they
are. Insecurity is one of the most prominent and prevalent human emotions
in the
world.
Everyone experiences it at some point or another. Most people experience it
every
day. Many people live paralyzed by it.
Some
are so perpetually perplexed by it that insecurity has begun to define them.
They
don’t
define themselves anymore - insecurity does. “Hi...I’m Insecure....”
One
of my favorite portions of Scripture is Psalms 139. In Psalms 139 we uncover
such
a
potentially life-changing truth - God likes us. He really likes us. He cares
enough
about
us to know everything about us. He cares enough about us to stay by our side
through
good times and bad. He even loved us enough to create us uniquely and then
divinely
orchestrate our lives. The truth is that God likes you quite a bit....whether
you
like
you or not!
In
this mini-series, we are going to analyze three human emotions that cause
insecurity.
Then, in light of what the Bible illuminates to us in Psalms 139, we will learn
the
answer to insecurity and find true, Biblical confidence.
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