Confidence

Look at the proud! They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked. But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.

 

Habakkuk 2:4 (New Living Translation)

 

 

I love this! In God’s kingdom conventional wisdom gets turned on its head. In our world today if you don’t have “confidence” then you will never get anywhere or accomplish anything. I put the word confidence in quotations because today’s accepted definition of the word is not accurate. Today’s world says that a confident person should be; prideful, arrogant, rude, disrespectful, attractive, etc. These things don’t have to be a bi-product of confidence. In reality they, in many cases, cover up much deeper insecurities in someone’s life.

 

By contrast in God’s definition a confident person will have these qualities; love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Galations 5). In my opinion this list is far more difficult and requires far more confidence (faith/trust) in your God than in yourself, which by itself is far more difficult than trusting in what you can do. Should we not be confident in the abilities God has given to us? Of course not, He gave them to us for a reason and wants us to use them. However, we must always be careful to give credit to the One it is due otherwise our pride will overcome us and our lives will be crooked.

 

May I be a worshiper who recognizes where all my ability comes from and to whom all glory is due. He opens and closes doors and is in charge of the outcome. Let us give Him the glory!!

 

 

In Christ,

 

Steven