Confidence in God

2 Corinthians 3:4-5
Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.


I have been reading a very popular children’s book series, and have become quite rapt by them. While it is not a "Christian" series, I have found many parallels, and have been taught many things regarding this Christian life through these books. I suppose that with any story, when we have "good" and "evil," there is always something that we can learn.

One of the things that God has shown me recently is that each characters’ successes seem to correlate with their confidence. In other words, the more confidence a character has, the more success they have in that particular area. So, I got to thinking about how (and if) that can be said of real life, particularly the Christian life, and I believe that it can.

The difference is where we place that confidence. See, in the books it is confidence placed in self, and that is really the way the world likes to do it, too. However, our confidence needs to be in God, not ourselves, for that is where the real power lies. But how much confidence do we have in God and His promises? If we take a good deep look inside ourselves, I think we’ll find the answer to that question. Are we living lives that are bold, stepping out in faith, walking in the truths that we know? Or are we timid, a little scared, holding back, always wondering when we’ll over-step our bounds and fall flat on our faces?

The Word tells us that everything that belongs to Christ belongs to us, because Christ is in us. WOW! Do we walk in the truth of that promise? Do we allow each and every promise of God to permeate our souls so deeply that they become the very truth of our lives, the foundation upon which we walk, the thing we "fall back on" when all else seems to fail? I do not believe that most of us do. Christ lived boldly. Do we live such lives? The more confidence we have in God, His power, His promises, and all of that, the easier life’s challenges will be. I believe this confidence will relate directly to our successes in so many ways, especially in the spiritual life.

Let’s all begin to live boldly, walking in confidence through Christ Jesus. Let us take God at His Word, and put it into practice, so that we can be living, breathing testimonies of what it is to have complete confidence in God. Let’s show the world what true confidence is (and where it lies), and the immense success that can come of it!