Divine Authority Over Our Insecurities

Today at school I was talking to my friend named Kendall.  Everyday at school we always have so much on our minds to talk about.  It seems so depressing when we meet that fork in the road in the hallway to go to our respectable classes.  It's awesome because we never run out of topics to cover in our conversations, and they always have hilarious outcomes.

So that got me thinking: Why is it that there are certain friends we can talk to nonstop for hours and then there are those friends who we find it is easier to learn Adv Calc then come up with a conversation starter?  I find that more often than not, I face this dilemma on a daily basis, and so do many people that I know- especially when it comes to talking about our faith. Maybe it's because we are insecure? That could be a major factor.

For kids nowadays, there is this major focus on perfection.  We see it in magazines, on tv, in books we read, and pretty much everywhere.  Somehow in our minds we have to have the perfect clothes, skin tone, hair, friends, and personality.  I think anyone can be held accountable for feeling this way at one point or another.  The problem is that we don't trust ourselves and even those individuals who stand out very rarely do when they are around kids who might be the polar opposites of them.

Let's face facts.  Even if you have the perfect boyfriend, best friends, family, church, grades, whatever, you are going to be insecure whether you show it or not.  My insecurity is that I feel if I say something stupid to certain people, then they will shun me for life.  That would be fine and dandy if it wasn't for that fact that I am a Christian.

Look at Jesus in the bible. (preferably  Matthew 8:2-3 which states:"A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" Immediately he was cured of his leprosy.") and ( Matt 23:13 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in." )

In those verses, Jesus stands out because he doesn't act differently just because of the people he was around.  He speaks in a tone that is as commanding towards the Pharisees as it was to the man with leprosy.  We find it so hard to stand out and speak up for our beliefs.  Jesus was the perfect example to us of what it is like to be yourself.  He can do amazing things through us.

I guess to sum all of this up, our insecurities can often get in the way of us reaching out to people.  Jesus Christ was the biggest contrast to anyone in the world and yet he did not fear rejection or ridicule from people his age, or even those who were older than him.  I'm hoping and praying that us Christian guys and gals will find the courage to come out of our shells to worry less about how ridiculus we could possibly look in front of people who have NO authority to judge us, and more about what our heavenly father will think about us. 

 

Matthew 10:33

 "but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven."

This verse is no joke, and gives us alot to think about.

P.S: Kendall Scott, I'm really loving this whole blog thing! :D