I feel the Lord breathing on the word CONFIDENCE tonight.
Confidence is Moses holding his staff out over the Red Sea while Pharaoh’s chariot is kicking up dust on the back of his neck. It sounds like David slapping a rock in his sling as he runs across the field toward the giant. Confidence looks like Jehoshaphat having his army marching out to the battlefield to the tempo of praise songs that the musicians were playing in front of them. It is Peter throwing his leg over the side of the boat and feeling the water solidify like rock under his sandals as he walks toward Jesus.
These men faced overwhelming odds, roaring threats, impossible situations, and came out on the other side of each one vindicated in their confidence. God came through for them, miraculously, amazingly, spectacularly!
Do you know what else confidence looks like? It looks like you witnessing to your coworker about God’s goodness in your life. It sounds like you inviting somebody to come worship with you on Sunday morning. It looks like you declaring the love of Jesus to the lost. It feels like you stepping outside the walls of the church and finding out that your faith holds in front of the world.
Do you wonder where you can get this kind of confidence? It comes from the same place that Moses, David, Jehoshaphat, and Peter got it. Confidence comes from experiencing God. Time spent in front of God, gazing in wonder at Him in the place of prayer and in the Word, will soak faith deep into your soul. You cannot see Him in the greatness of Who He really is and remain in doubt. As you set yourself to encounter God in those private, intimate moments, you will find that He will set Himself to encounter you in your everyday life. He will open your Red Seas and knock down your giants. You will be the one walking on water, hand in hand with Jesus.
Pray with me? Lord, breathe CONFIDENCE into us again. We settle ourselves in front of You and ask that You reveal Yourself to us. We trust You and we want to tell the world how wonderful You really are.
