Faith Dare, Day 14: Not Enough (Video Blog)

Dare to Believe that You Were Not Created to Be Enough in Yourself

I can hardly believe I finally did it!  I have been planning to include videos in my blog for months, but I have only today drummed up the nerve to finally do it.  Today’s dare helped me build the confidence I needed.  I realize that I can shed all my insecurities because even though I will never be enough on my own, I have everything I need in Him.  In Him I find my identity, my wholeness, my strength, my competence, and my confidence.

I made some mistakes and could really pick this video apart like crazy.  Some of it is embarrassing.  I look at it, and those feelings of insecurity try to creep back in.  However, I am posting it as is and letting you see me as I am.  Please excuse the dog barking and my snapping at her as if you couldn’t hear it!  Maybe I need to include a bloopers reel!  So what if it is not perfect?  Just listen to the message and be encouraged.

Not Enough from Sharon Seymour Lewis on Vimeo.

Answers to Today’s Questions…

Today’s truth is speaking to me…

My ever present struggle has always been insecurities.  I am often plagued with feelings of inadequacy, with not being enough, or not measuring up.  What is so freeing is to understand that I was not created to be enough in myself.  That void, that deficit inside is what drives me to seek my god and depend on Him to fill in the gaps.  In Him, I have all I need, and I am enough.  He makes me that way.  Therefore, I can walk with confidence and do all He has called me to do with great passion and boldness.

For more confidence building to help us be all that God created us to be as wives, mothers, women in the workplace, ministers, or any other role, I recommend visiting my blog Power Thoughts for Women, printing the affirmations, and practice the habit of encouraging yourself with the truths in God’s Word.

God is asking me to…

Reinstate the habit of daily affirmations to remind myself of who I am in Him and He in me.
Take major steps to begin growing this ministry and to have faith that since God called me to do this, He has already provided all of the resources I need.
Write about self-esteem based on god’s Word so I can help other women and girls in the same boat.

My challenge is to…

Shut up the insecurities that have held me back.
Stay consistent and maintain confidence.
Keep standards of excellence in the ministry but continue to keep God as my focus.  My #1 purpose is to give Him glory.

Today’s Prayer…

Dear Jesus, I know that for years I have believed I needed to do more to be enough.  This is the message of the culture I live in.  I want to be freed from this self-focus and the insecurity it produces in me.  I want to understand the significance of your life within me.  I want more than anything to be changed into your likeness and to live in the confidence that in you I am enough for anything and everything you have mapped out for my life.

Favorite Quotes…

“As long as we are trying to be enough, we will be chronically about self and not about God.  We will do whatever we need to do to protect self instead of dying to self in favor of living for God.”

“Chronic insecurities keep us at arm’s distance from others, and believe it or not, they can keep us at a distance from God.  It’s not  God who moves but us.  We distance ourselves anyway without realizing it, believing we will never be enough anyway.”

“Becoming enough on our own is not God’s plan for us.  He never created us to be enough.  He wants us to know we are enough – because of Him and His life in us.”

“His Spirit, which is powerful within me, would change me, transforming me from a woman of self-focus and insecurity to a woman of God-focus and confidence.”

“God didn’t create us to be confident in who we are. He created us to rely on Him and look to Him for our confidence, competence, and significance.”

“God is our letter of recommendation, and He is forever writing our story.”

“Dare to refuse any negative thought about yourself or any negative self-talk for the next twenty-four hours.  Be as kind to yourself as Christ is to you.”

“When God looks at me, He sees beauty – the miracle of His creation.”

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