My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart is confident.
No wonder I can sing your praises.
Psalm 57:7
Confidence means:
- faith or belief that one will act in a right, proper, or effective way;
- a feeling or consciousness of one’s power;
- a quality or state of being certain
God can place some crazy dreams in our hearts and minds. Those subtle desires that we think are impossible and even stop to wonder “Where did that come from?” God is amazing. Therefore, as His followers we really shouldn’t be surprised when He approaches us with some grand plan and wants to use us to make it come to pass. What an honor! But how often do we let us get in the way of God’s grand plan? He says “Soar!” and, yet, we are too afraid to spread our wings. God pushes us out of our comfort zone. He wants to show us what He can do when we follow His lead.
What does any of this have to do with the word confidence? Let me tell you. The best part of God’s plan is that we can have full confidence that God will do as He says He will. Philippians 1:6 says,
And I am certain [confident] that God, Who began the good work within you,
will continue His work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
So…has God called you to do something grand? Something that requires your complete confidence in Him and not your own ability? Do you have the confidence in Him to do it?
Noah did. In the book of Genesis, we find Noah, the only one who found favor with the Lord during his time.
Noah was a righteous man,
blameless among the people of his time,
and he walked with God.
Genesis 6:9b
Noah walked with God..meaning Noah had a viable relationship with the Lord. Noah knew God and, because Noah spent time with Him and invested in his relationship with the Lord, he was able to have confidence in the Lord. So, when God told Noah to build an ark, Noah was able to build the ark certain that God would do as He said.
How’s your confidence in the Lord? Enough to walk out on water like Peter? Rebuild the Jerusalem walls like Nehemiah? Uproot yourself and not know where you’re going like Abraham? To slay a giant with just a sling and stones like David? To give birth to the Savior of the world like Mary? To hang on the cross and give your life for all mankind like Jesus?
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Lord, I pray that my confidence in You would grow. That I would get to know You more intimately, so that when the time comes I won’t hesitate, or look back, but move forward with You. Thank you for showing Yourself to me. Amen.
