The Bible gives us a lot of examples of people who found the courage to be themselves by believing that God loved them for who they were.
This parable will help us understand what it feels like to be lost and how God responds to that feeling by always trying to bring us home.
When we are insecure, it can be easy to feel like we are a “nobody going nowhere.”
God doesn’t want us to feel like we have to conform in order to be accepted, and wants to help us become strong enough to stand for what we believe and who we are.
A courageous person is someone who isn’t shaken by circumstances, may experience fear but doesn’t live in it, and is secure and strong no matter what. Does this describe you?
With insecurity, God never responds with criticism. He responds with a purpose to live for something beyond themselves.