We Can All Have Confidence by Lisa Burkhardt Worley
“Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward”
(Hebrews 10:35, ESV)
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I was not a confident teenager. What about you? I was thin and wore silver, thick-lensed glasses. Once a screw fell out of my glasses and for a stretch of time I used a straight pin to keep them together. I was not the girl the boys wanted to date, and at times my self-esteem was in the gutter. However, somehow, by the grace of God, I emerged from that gawky stage of life, and gained some confidence as an adult.
I believe there are times when we are more confident than others. We can lose confidence in our friends, our family members, and especially ourselves. This is a normal human emotional reaction. However, what can we do when we lose confidence? I believe we need to re-center ourselves in the promises found in the Word of God and claim Scripture over our lives.
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There is an answer in the Bible for every insecurity we may face. When we lose confidence in friends because they’ve hurt our feelings, we can speak Hebrews 6:13 over ourselves: “So we can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?’”
When confidence is waning within ourselves, we should focus on Proverbs 3:26: “For the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.”
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And when we find ourselves sinking in the midst of family issues, remember that you are God’s child. Author and Speaker Christine Caine says, “Knowing that I have been adopted into God’s family is the source of my confidence that I am his child.” 1 John 3:1 affirms, “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are” (ESV).
You Are My Champion is one of my favorite worship songs and there is a line in it that says that God crowns us with confidence. I cannot find confidence in myself. It originates at the throne of grace and because of that, I can move forward with my head confidently held high.
How confident are you right now? Will you embrace the confidence that God provides?