Jun 27 2008
Got Confidence?
“Confidence, I’ve got confidence, my Lord’s going to see me through”, lyrics to a song I sang often as a teen. This is the only confidence that is real in my life, the confidence I have in Christ. Confidence in self is something I have always struggled with, I think I probably hid it well but I have always had confidence issues. Behind my bright smile, I hid the fact that I was and am a shy person, who lacks the confidence I really need.
Sure things over the years have helped to boost my confidence, making the cheerleader squad in Junior high, attending modeling school in high school, meeting my husband, graduating from college, being admitted to seminary. But then I let those failures creep in, or at least they are failures in my eyes, the things I’ve left undone, create a lack of confidence in myself. It is only when I put my full confidence in and draw strength from God that I am able to remain strong and confident.
I am hoping that I can rely fully on the confidence that comes from Christ as I try to stay focused on God and His will and agenda for my life. I know that He has began something in me and in my life that is worth pursuing, worth following after. Another song, “He Who Began a Good Work In You” begins playing in my head….then the verse,
Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6
plays as well. The Lord puts all of these things on my heart and mind so that I will remain confident. I am going to continually go to Him because I know He can bring me confidence like no other.
What about you, what gives you confidence?
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Very well put and written. Confidence is something I have always had to work at, but with the Lord’s guidance I have learned to find it within myself. The Lord gives us all some confidence and it is up to us to find it and use it for His glory and not ours. Once we do that and realize it, the confidence comes shining through:)
Behind my outgoing big smile, I had NO confidence as a teenager. I didn’t develop any confidence until I was in my 20’s and I didn’t discover self-worth until I let Jesus run my life! Now all my confidence and worth is in HIM for my greatest trophy is “as filthy rags” compared to Him!
Now the 10 finger prayer is my favorite: “I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me”