LIVING PROOF

Hello blog! Long time no see! Had something worth writing about today, though.

Today is what I like to call Security Day. A year ago today, April 24, 2010, was the Beth Moore So Long, Insecurity simulcast. It was the wrap up to 9 weeks of going through the book by the same title on the Living Proof Ministries blog. About a year and a half ago, my pastor brought up my insecurity. I felt God wanting to change that. The very next day, my lovely Siesta Mama, Beth Moore, announced the release of So Long, Insecurity on her blog as well as the fact that she'd be leading us through it if we chose to participate. As I participated and met with my pastor, my security began to grow. God was in the process of transforming my life. Finally, it was time for the simulcast. Beth chose to focus on Ephesians 4:17-24:

"With the Lord’s authority I say this: Live no longer as the Gentiles do, for they are hopelessly confused. Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him. They have no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity.

But that isn’t what you learned about Christ. Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy." (NLT)

My old way of life had been corrupted from the deception that came from believing things about myself that weren't true based on ways people had treated me and lies. But after learning the truth that comes from Christ, the TRUTH about who I am, I was able to nail my old way of living to the cross with Christ and be raised to a new way of living with Him. I was ready to put on my new way of living created to be like God.

Yep, today is Security Day, but it is also Easter. The fact that they fall on the same day this year has tremendous meaning for me. Christ died so that I might be free from my insecurity, as well as other sins. Today, I am not just celebrating Christ's death and resurrection, but also the fact that I AM LIVING OF PROOF of what His death and resurrection are still accomplishing today. I am not just celebrating Christ's general victories, but His undeniable victories in my life that I have experienced. I am celebrating the fact that God is who He says He is and can do what He says He can do. I am celebrating that I am who God says I am and can do all things through Christ. I am celebrating that God's Word is alive and active in me and truly is life altering. I am more than a conqueror in Christ! Do I still struggle with insecurity? Of course, but not nearly as bad as I did before God began the process of ridding me of insecurity. It is a process, and one that God and I are continuing to take on together.

As I reflect, I have on my wrist my wristband from Living Proof Live in Fresno. I decided to keep it on until my rain comes. Every time I look at my wrist, I see the words "LIVING PROOF", and I am reminded that I am living proof of the power of the death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen!