Confidence Restored

I’ve lost confidence in myself before. I’ve also lost confidence in others. A lack of confidence and absolutely paralyze me. I especially can loose confidence if I’ve failed at something that I must tackle again. I remember when I took some really tough exams when working on licensure as a Real Estate sales person. I studied and I took practice exams until I felt pretty confident. I also remember the fear and dread when I was working on my Brokers license. It was a whole different level of testing.

The people of Ai had just defeated Joshua and the people of Israel. This was because there was sin and disobedience in the camp. The Lord walked them through the cleansing process and now the Lord tells them to go back and take out Ai. I can imagine that Joshua was a bit nervous after that last battle. The Lord speaks confidence and encouragement into His leader. Check this out…

1 Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. For I have delivered into your hands the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land. 2 You shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city.’ (Joshua 8:1-2 NIV)

I need the confidence of the Lord every day. I really do feed off of Him speaking into my life. He lifts my spirit when I’m discouraged. He restores my joy when it gets stolen from me. It’s actually very easy to get discouraged, the Lord provides His Spirit and others with His Spirit to encourage and inspire me to press on. Walking in step with the Lord and trusting Him and His leadership every step of my day keeps my confidence up and my heart is renewed with His Presence.

I don’t have “self-confidence”; I have “God Confidence”. He leads. He directs. He dwells in me. He calms me. He disciplines me. He holds me. He loves me like I’ve never known before. He in my confidant and He gives me incredible depth of confidence.

Pressing On!

Dwayne