Understanding Insecurity

mar22 | tuesday | O n e
Y e a r J o u r n e y: J o s h . 1 0 - 1 2 ; L u k e 1 : 3 9 - 5 6
Understanding
Insecurity
Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or
listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you.’”
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The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.”
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And he said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and
it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it. — exodus 4:1–3
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journal:
• Where or when do I most sense
my insecurities?
• To what degree am I ready to let
God work in me and through me
despite my insecurities?
engage:
prayer: Lord, sometimes I even
feel insecure about prayer. And
I remember that Paul said we
don’t know how to pray as
we ought (Romans 8:26), so
I’m counting on Your Spirit to
intercede for me. Allow me to be
Your faithful servant, not because
of any abilities I have but because
Your strength is made perfect in
my weakness and insecurity. In
Jesus’ name, Amen.
God gave Moses a job to do. He said, “Come, I will send you to
Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of
Egypt” (Exodus 3:10). More than two million descendants of Jacob
were living as slaves in Egypt—God’s people—and He didn’t want
it that way. He wanted them moved back to the Nation of Israel, the
Promised Land. And so He was calling Moses. “Moses, this is My
plan for you. I want you to do this.” Moses’ response in Exodus 4:1
was—not great: Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not
believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The Lord did not
appear to you.’”
This statement is Moses’ insecurity on display. Insecurity is easier to
experience than it is to understand. Most of us know what insecurity
feels like. One of the places I feel insecurity is when I go to the
meetings of the Gospel Coalition, a group of leaders from around
the country. When I get in a room with these godly leaders—I mean
these guys are so smart it’s scary. They write books so thick I can’t
even understand them. When I get in a room with them, I feel this
gap between who I am and who I need to be. And I feel insecure.
And believe me, there are more places than that!
Here’s a definition: Insecurity is the uneasy, unsettled, and fearful
awareness of the gap between who I want to be and who I am.
When you feel that “I’m not this; I’m not that; I’m not enough; I don’t
have it,” and that anxious, uneasy, unsettled, fearful feeling—that’s
it—insecurity! That was what Moses was feeling—and it’s what you
will feel sometime today day if it hasn’t happened already.
Today, I want you to stop and realize that God knows your insecurities
as well as He knew Moses’ flaws. And just like He didn’t give up on
Moses, He won’t give up on you. Let that truth settle into your heart
and mind—God’s not giving up on you.— James MacDonald