Insecurity: The Lies and the Truth of It.Sample

Did you ever experience fear as a child from monsters under the bed? Running from the lighted hallway to the dark bedroom and jumping high on the bed so that the hands underneath couldn’t come out and grab your feet?  Pulling the covers over your entire head so that you were “safe” (last I checked monsters could probably pull covers down, but that’s beside the point).  And then trying to go to sleep quietly and quickly while looking at the light in the hall, so that the monsters would go away? 

I mean, where in the world did we actually come up with this ridiculous narrative that terrorized many of us as children? It probably started from watching a scary movie or listening to a scary campfire story, but I’m pretty sure that most of us would say that they never actually experienced the monster coming for us. 

And yet, we believed the monster to be real. We didn’t question it. We didn’t confront it. We believed it, and we allowed it to shape our sleep experience. 

This is like what happens when we hear things that are hurtful or wounding. We just believe it to be the truth, and we start to live accordingly day after day. It becomes our reality.

In Genesis 3, after the serpent deceived and left Eve, God came to visit her. She hides from him because she is ashamed. It says she was afraid of God because she was naked.

Have you ever avoided asking God for something because you’ve felt ashamed or not good enough?

God said something very fascinating in return to Eve, he asked her “Who told you that you were naked?” (Genesis 3:11). 

Before the serpent showed up, she was living without fear, shame, or insecurity. But one lie changed it all. 

Has that ever happened to you? 

Think about all the monsters under your bed and all the words that have hurt you, and ask yourself “Who told me that these were truth?” 

Take a moment to ask God if it’s the truth. And then fight the lie with God’s truth of who you are. You are his masterpiece.