How to Overcome Feelings of Insecurity

GOD DOES CARE FOR US

We need to know that help in available. We all have someone who can help us, someone who wants to help us-God himself. 

This is the message God sent out through his prophet Isaiah:  "Do not be anxious, for I am your God.I will fortify you, yet, I will help you, I will really hold on to you with my right hand of righteousness." (Isaiah 41:10, 13)  How comforting to think that God figuratively wants to take us by the hand! We have no need to feel anxious!

The Bible describes worshippers of God who felt anxious but who learned to hold God's hand. Hannah, the mother of Samuel, felt that she was a failure, since she could not have a baby.  She was often ridiculed for her barrenness. As  a result, Hannah lost her appetite and often wept.  (1 Samuel 1:6, 8) But after she poured out her feelings to God, she no longer felt miserable. -1 Samuel 1:18. 

The psalmist David also felt insecure at times.  For years, King Saul tried to hunt him down. David survived several attempts on his life, and he sometimes felt he was drowning in his problems. (Psalm 55:3-5; 69:1) Despite this, he wrote:  "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Jehovah, make me dwell  in security." -Psalm 4:8. 

Both Hannah and David threw their emotional burdens on Jehovah, and they found that he did sustain them.  (Psalm 55:22) How can we do the same today? 

Next time:  How to Overcome Feelings of Insecurity - THREE WAYS TO FEEL MORE SECURE

From The Watchtower magazine