So Long Insecurity Simulcast

Blond, petite, spunky, and Southern twang with each syllable. Who am I describing? The adorable Beth Moore and the awesome simulcast that I went to on Saturday. I'm so grateful that I decided to go to this jam-packed simulcast of over 300,000 women attending across the states. The following are my notes from her lesson and points that I don't ever, ever, ever want to forget!

Insecurity is not a weakness, but it is essentially unbelief.

A Secure Woman is:

1. Saved from herself.
2. Entitled to the truth. Perfection is insecurity in an art form...ooh, ouch!
3. Clothed with intention. "She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come (Proverbs 31:25). A vision of being baptized and putting on the new while letting go of the old ways of living. Being "clothed" in this type of Godly intention begins in our thought life, then goes to our feet to act upon, and then finally to our emotions. This was such a new way of thinking for me because like so many other women, I fess up to basing to much of my actions on my emotions first instead of last. However, starting in the mind is where the battle is won. When determined to walk in the security of Christ Jesus instead of circumstances, people, or my own fluctuating feelings is a powerful change of thinking. *Secure even before we feel it! We can't wait until we feel secure, but instead be renewed by the spirit of God in our mind and spiral up from there. Secure people are free from having to always think about themselves and be so self-absorbed.
   
4. Upended by grace. Grace takes up space in a secure woman. When we as women have been graced by the love of God through his son Jesus Christ, we should find it easier to grace others with this same grace and not be so easily offended. Grace turns all upside down (e.g. insecurity becomes security, impossible becomes possible). Receive God's forgiveness already and actually live a life walking in it and extending it to others.
5. Rebounded by love. To abide in the knowledge that we are all deeply loved children of God and to walk out the door in the morning holding on to Him as our security, a security that is no longer determined by social situations, events, or relationships, but by God himself! To remember the immeasurable love of God as the reason for such security and hope. Let our cups be overflowing when we wake and not wait for others to fill it for us.
   
6. Exceptional in life. To remember that God works through the pain in our lives and He makes it all worth it. Never forget that He's up to something wonderfully powerful!