Day 114 "Good-bye Old Me"

I wish I had words for my day today. God blessed me so much. The long awaited So Long Insecurity Conference finally arrived. I knew this moment would change me - after all haven't I been building up to this moment since January 1st? But, as I sit here - working to pull myself together - I can't say I thought I would be changed this much.

I knew when God led me to learn from BM that He we was going to do some profound things in my life. And, if you have been reading my blog, you know there have been many days where it has been a struggle to stick to it. But today, as I was a part of a group of 300,000 women from 869 churches across America, my life turned in a new direction. God spoke through Beth in such a way that the truth of His Word struck me to the core. I believe He intends all of us to live secure without the crushing weight of doubt and fear that plagues us through insecurity. We truly have a choice to be new creations in Christ. We have the right through Christ's sacrifice on the cross to know and believe that God forgives us despite ourselves. We are granted security by our Father God in heaven, we just have to accept it.

Today she told us that secure women is....

Saved from herself

Entitled to truth

Clothed with intention

Upended by grace

Rebounded by love

Exceptional in life

BM reminded us that insecurity is not a weakness - it is simply the result of our unbelief that we are who God says we are. Victory and defeat lie in the recesses of our mind and we must open our ears to our Father (Jeremiah 9:20) & recognize our individual callings (Ephesians 4:17-24). We have to be willing to put off our old self and put on the new self and live as the exceptional women that God intends us to be.

Our transformation toward security can be a painful process. God refines us and heals us from the inside out. The glory of the process is realized when the six sentiments from above ring true in our lives. We are saved from our narcissistic tendencies of being obsessed about ourselves. We recognized that we are entitled to the truth that God teaches us in His Word. It is real - it is active - it is relevant to our lives. We are to intentionally cloth ourselves by recognizing and trusting in the power that is beyond ourselves. We are to wake up and deliberately choose to believe in the security we have in God until those thoughts become actions that change our hearts and minds forever. We need to be upended by grace. As BM says, "Grace takes up the space in a secure woman." The concept is that we have to be forgiving to be secure. We are to remember the grace w receive at the throne, draw near to the cross, and give and forgive and love every person who comes into our life. To do this we need to remember that we are rebounded by love and live like the dearly loved child we are. The heart that does not heal - hardens. We must recognize that if we do not love, we gain nothing.

Last, we are to live an exceptional life. Due to the fact that we are created in the image of God, we are each exceptional. We are unique. We each have a calling. What we must do is be secure in God and let Jesus overtake us. It is a choice. We either remember what He teaches us and live securely or we let our culture and the enemy degrade us to point that we are meaningless and useless. We live with the hope we have in Jesus. And we are ready when people asks us why we are different.

For me, I chose to be secure from this day forward. I chose to say good-bye to the old me! It seems to simple to really be a reality. But doesn't salvation seem too simple? Isn't that just a sentiment of our heart? Yet, some how the choice changes us forever. We are new Christ. And with the truths that I learned today I realize that I am not only new in Christ - I am complete in Christ. If I truly believe in Him, then I must truly believe that I am capable of living without the burden of insecurity for the rest of my life.

Amen? I hope this rings true to you blog friends. I don't know when God will have you drop by and come across this post - but I pray it changes your heart like it did mine. It is hard to sum of four hours of amazing teaching, but things are the things on my heart that emerge right now. Many blessings too you. Talk to you soon peeps.

Song of the Day: Awesome God by R-Swift