Insecurity can sideline you. When you feel like you\u2019re unqualified and unworthy of success, self-doubt can make you act in ways that sabotage your chances to be successful. The truth is, it\u2019s impossible to live for long on a level that\u2019s inconsistent with how you see yourself. And one of the biggest problems with insecurity is that it\u2019s almost impossible to acknowledge, so you don\u2019t deal with it and overcome it. Why is that? Because you\u2019re afraid that an admission of vulnerability will: <\/p>\n
(1) weaken you in other people\u2019s eyes, <\/p>\n
(2) empower and embolden your critics, and <\/p>\n
(3) give your competitors an advantage. <\/p>\n
Insecurity makes you keep others at a distance. It means living without the counsel and support of the very people whose input can help you to succeed. Bottom line: you have a hard time trusting other people because you have a hard time trusting yourself! <\/p>\n
It\u2019s not a new phenomenon. Recorded in the Old Testament, Zophar said to Job, \u2018In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress.\u2019<\/i> (Job\u00a020:22\u00a0NKJV). Note the word \u2018distress\u2019<\/i>, then think of the word \u2018stress\u2019. Your insecurity will whisper, \u2018If people really knew me, they wouldn\u2019t love me, respect me, follow me, invite me, or invest in me.\u2019 <\/p>\n
So\u2026 what\u2019s the answer? Paul has it! He writes, \u2018Not that we are competent\u2026 to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. He has made us competent.\u2019<\/i> The first step to overcoming insecurity is to draw your self-worth from God and learn to see yourself through His<\/i> eyes. And you can only do that by spending time with Him in prayer and reading His Word each day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Insecurity can sideline you. When you feel like you\u2019re unqualified and unworthy of success, self-doubt can make you act in ways that sabotage your chances to be successful. The truth is, it\u2019s impossible to live for long on a level that\u2019s inconsistent with how you see yourself. And one of the biggest problems with insecurity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}