If your sense of well-being comes from any source other than God\u2014including yourself\u2014chances are you will always struggle with insecurity. That\u2019s why Paul wrote: \u2018God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.\u2019<\/i> The New International Version puts it this way: \u2018God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.\u2019<\/i> <\/p>\n
As long as you\u2019re trusting in yourself<\/i>, or others<\/i>, you will struggle with uncertainty and self-doubt. But once you start trusting in God<\/i>\u2014what He can do in you, with you, through you, and for you\u2014you begin to feel differently about yourself. Insecurity destroys your self-esteem by making you feel unqualified and undeserving. And here is the worst part: often it means you can\u2019t be taught, can\u2019t accept honest criticism, and therefore you can\u2019t grow. The thing you need most\u2014good input\u2014becomes the last thing you\u2019re willing to accept because you\u2019re afraid to let anyone know you\u2019re less than perfect. Consequently, you find it hard to confront challenges and seize the opportunities that come your way. Deep down, you feel incompetent, unaccepted, disapproved of, and rejected. In short: insecurity is an \u2018inside job\u2019! <\/p>\n
With that in mind, take an honest look at your life right now. Go ahead; it\u2019s safe, no one else is looking! The only person who will benefit from this is you.<\/i> Then turn to God and say, \u2018Lord, everything I need to succeed in life I have in You!\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If your sense of well-being comes from any source other than God\u2014including yourself\u2014chances are you will always struggle with insecurity. That\u2019s why Paul wrote: \u2018God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.\u2019 The New International Version puts it this way: […]<\/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\/1712"}],"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=1712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}