How many of us can relate to feeling insecure, especially when starting this “new way of eating”? Eating 0-5 does seem to “fly in the face” of what we hear and see around us in popular media! It is new and different and can cause a bit of anxiety at first.

Whether you are new to Thin Within (or Hunger Within) or you have been doing this for years, when God asks us to do something that might be very different, give up something,  or to surrender more, we  can feel insecure in what He is asking us to do. Maybe He’s asking you to surrender to Him the way you think you should look. Maybe He’s asking you to give up more food than you thought. Maybe you are battling the surrender of the scale or the amount YOU think you should weigh.

We all have probably cried out to the Lord,

“Can I really do this?  

Lord, I am not capable.  

I am not worthy of this.

I am not (insert your insecurity here).”

I felt that way when I first started thinking about leading Hunger Within.  I felt like I wasn’t a “good enough student” of Hunger Within or Thin Within to qualify as a leader.  I haven’t released a bunch of weight. I didn’t feel like my testimony was all that exciting.  But God allowed me to see that If HE is calling me to it, HE will be enough for me.

Corinthians 12:9

The Lord said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 2 

HE will be the one to shine through!  Besides, do I really want the glory for being such a “wonderful and worthy leader”? (well, deep down…yeah, I guess….pride is always lurking it’s ugliness somewhere!) But really, NO!  I want GOD to get all the glory!

And Ladies, that is how it is with all of us wherever we are in this Thin Within/Hunger Within journey.  When we follow Him and surrender to Him, HE is the one who will get the glory!

Make no mistake.

HE HAS CALLED YOU HERE FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.

He brought you to this blog today.  He wants your heart and mind surrendered to HIM, including (as my dear friend Deanna Burris has said) in the pantry and the ‘frig!

And so, when we feel insecure thinking we can’t do this, we aren’t good enough, we aren’t strong enough, we aren’t ….. remember…HE IS!

Philippians 4:13

I can do ALL THINGS through Christ who gives me strength

Look up.

Reach up.

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Let HIM lift you out of your insecurity.

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Let HIM lead you.

All we have to do is follow.  One step at a time.