What I Really Need is Security

Matthew 6:25-34
 Three
Three Components
Components of
of Inner-Health
Inner-Health

1. A sense of Worth
If missing we feel Inferior

2. A sense of Belonging
If missing we feel Insecure

3. A sense of Purpose
If missing we feel Inadequate
Maslow’s Hierarchy of
of Needs
Needs

Self Actualisation Needs

Esteem Needs

Love and Affection Needs

Safety and Security Needs (physical)

Physiological Needs (eat, drink, sleep)

 The Aim and the Hurdles

Self Actualisation Functional

Insecurities
Esteem Needs

Emotional Insecurities
Love and Affection Needs

Safety and Security Needs

Physical Insecurities
(physical)

Physiological Needs
(eat, drink, sleep)
 Our Physical Insecurities
• Health
- Is my health ok?
- Is this pain anything serious?
• Money
- Will I have enough to pay my bills?
- How will I live when I retire?
• Family
- Is my family protected?
- Are the children safe when they walk to
school?
 Our Emotional Insecurities
• Social:
- Am I loved by someone?
- Am I appreciated by other people?
- Will people respect me?
- Do I look attractive?
• Self:
- Am I worth of being loved?
- Am I worth of appreciation?
- Am I worth of respect?
 Our Functional Insecurities
• What are my gifts/abilities?
• Am I able do accomplish it?
• Am I clever enough?
• Am I the right person?
• Do I have the necessary qualities?
• Am I dreaming of something
impossible?
• Will I be able to finish it?
 My Search for Security
Emptiness
Emptiness

Result
Result Need
Need

Goal
Goal FULLNESS
FULLNESS Motivated
Motivated

Problems
Problems Source
Source

Behaviour
Behaviour
 The Facts:

• God wants ALL HIS CHILDREN to

live in the top level (purpose,
fullness);
• He made available to you ALL
THAT YOU NEED for it;
• He will PERSONALLY ASSIST you
until you get there.
What is God’s Answer for My
Physical Needs?
 God’s Answer for My Physical
Needs
1. God promised that he will bless
the work of my hands
“You know that your labour in the
Lord is not in vain.” 1 Cor 15:58
2. He will take care of situations that
are out of my control
3. He is the one who looks after my
life and my family.
Matthew 6
25
"So I tell you, don't worry about
everyday life--whether you have
enough food, drink, and clothes.
Doesn't life consist of more than
food and clothing? 26Look at the
birds. They don't need to plant or
harvest or put food in barns because
your heavenly Father feeds them.
And you are far more valuable to
him than they are.
27
Can all your worries add a single
moment to your life? Of course not.
28
"And why worry about your
clothes? Look at the lilies and how
they grow. They don't work or make
their clothing, 29yet Solomon in all
his glory was not dressed as
beautifully as they are. 30And if God
cares so wonderfully for flowers that
are here today and gone tomorrow,
won't he more surely care for you?
You have so little faith!
31
"So don't worry about having enough
food or drink or clothing. 32Why be like
the pagans who are so deeply
concerned about these things? Your
heavenly Father already knows all your
needs, 33and he will give you all you
need from day to day if you live for him
and make the Kingdom of God your
primary concern.
34
"So don't worry about tomorrow, for
tomorrow will bring its own worries.
Today's trouble is enough for today.
What is God’s Answer for My
Emotional Needs?
God’s Answer for My Emotional
Needs
1. He made his love for me visible by
sending Jesus
2. He placed people around me and
by loving them, I can get to know
his love for me better
3. He gave me a family where I can be
nurtured and encouraged towards
his love
Four Reasons Why People Worry
1. They fail to realize their
significance
26
Look at the birds. They don't need
to plant or harvest or put food in
barns because your heavenly Father
feeds them. And you are far more
valuable to him than they are.
Matthew 6
Four Reasons Why People Worry
1. They fail to realize their
significance
2. They don’t know God
31
"So don't worry about having
enough food or drink or clothing.
32
Why be like the pagans who are so
deeply concerned about these
things?
Matthew 6
Four Reasons Why People Worry
1. They fail to realize their
significance
2. They don’t know God
3. They don’t know that their God
knows about them
 Your heavenly Father already
32 …

knows all your needs …

Matthew 6
Four Reasons Why People Worry
1. They fail to realize their
significance
2. They don’t know God
3. They don’t know that their God
knows about them
4. They fail to put God first in their
lives
33
But seek (aim at and strive after)
first of all His kingdom and His
righteousness (His way of doing and
being right), and then all these
things taken together will be given
you besides.
Matthew 6 (Amplified Version)
 The Key to Emotional Security
“Such love has no fear because perfect
love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is
fear of judgement, and this shows that
his love has not been perfected in us.”
1 John 4:18 (NLT)
 The Key to Emotional Security
“The most important commandment is
this…
…Love the Lord your God with all your
heart, all your soul, all your mind, and
all your strength…
…Love your neighbour as yourself. No
other commandment is greater than
these.”
Mark 12:30,31
 Secure People
• They know who they are

• They like who they are

• They are who they are

Psalm 37: 3-7 (NASB)
“Trust in the Lord and do good:
Dwell in the land and cultivate
faithfulness. Delight yourself in the
Lord, and He will give you the
desires of your heart. Commit your
way to the Lord, trust also in Him
and He will do it.
And He will bring forth your
righteousness as the light, and your
judgment as the noonday. Rest in
the Lord and wait patiently for Him;
do not fret because of him who
prospers in his way, because of the
man who carries out wicked
schemes. Rest in the Lord and wait
patiently for Him.”
Psalm 37: 23-25 (NASB)
“The steps of a man are established
by the Lord, and he delights in His
way. When he falls, he shall not be
hurled headlong; because the Lord
is the One who holds his hand. I
have been young, and now I am old;
yet I have not seen the righteous
forsaken, or His descendants
begging bread.”