“We say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my Helper . .’” Hebrews 13:6 NIV.
To be real, your confidence must have a strong foundation in the Word of God.
My thoughts and comments today are about “confidence.”
Life is better when you live with confidence. That doesn’t mean that everything will always be well or that everything goes as you expect. Confidence rests on a broader context than the moment at hand. Most people try to live in the immediate, which is ever changing. Therefore, they are ever changing also – changing moods, vacillating feelings, shifting plans, strained relationships, lessened expectations, and wavering confidence. “Do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.” See Hebrews 10:35-36 NKJV. Everything in your life is better with confidence.
Better that your reliance is upon what is eternal, unchanging, and enduring. “In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” Isaiah 30:15 NKJV. God wants you to live confidently – secure in God, strong in His Word, settled in your salvation, and safe in your faith. Confidence has to be about something more than the moment. “Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6 NKJV.
The context for enduring confidence is a real faith in truth that endures; such truth is found in God alone. Paul concluded, “Therefore, we do not lose heart . . For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen. For the things that are seen are temporary, but the things that are not seen are eternal.” Read 2 Corinthians 4:13-18 NKJV. Take your focus off anything that is “but for a moment,” and rest on what both precedes and succeeds every moment – the character of God, the Word of God, and the grace and goodness of God. Read Isaiah 40:28-31 NIV.
Real confidence begins with right living. “We are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably.” Hebrews 13:18 NKJV. Confidence rests secure on truth that is eternal not with facts of the moment, with what God says rather than what is happening presently. “God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’ So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my Helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?’” Hebrews 13:5-6 NIV. To be real, confidence must have an unchanging foundation, the Word of God. “God has said . . so we say with confidence . .” Confidence strengthens by the truth of God’s words to your heart.
“The Lord is my Helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” Confidence is a strong affirmation, a clear choice, and an obvious conclusion. You won’t worry about what anyone can do to you when confident of what God has done and will do for you. Read Psalm 118:8 NKJV. What concerns you today? What worries you about tomorrow? Solomon wrote, “Keep [these] words always in your heart . . Wherever you walk, their counsel will lead you. When you sleep, they will protect you. When you wake in the morning, they will advise you. For these commands and this teaching are a lamp to light the way ahead of you.” Proverbs 6:21-23 NLT.
My prayer for you today is that your confidence rests securely on God and His Word.