BEING CONFIDENT IN WHO GOD SAYS WE ARE

God has given gifts to everyone; no one has been left out.  The gifts He gives are not solely for our benefit but are also for the good of others. We are created to serve God and bring joy and blessing to others.  God promises to help us do that.  Are you and I willing to step forward, confident in who God says we are? Are we willing to follow His ways and the perfect plan He has for our lives? 

Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.  In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. (Romans 12:4-6a NLT)

The first step in developing self-confidence is acknowledging that God is our creator and that each one of us is individually made with special qualities.  As members of the human family, we are extraordinarily gifted because we are made in the image of an awesome God, uniquely equipped with the potential to fulfill the amazing plan He has for us. 

Lord … You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.  Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!  Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. (Psalm 139:13-14 NLT)

Often, to improve our confidence, we must demonstrate to ourselves that we can achieve what we set out to do.  How do we do that?  We take a risk and do something we have not done before.  We leave the safety and security of our comfort zone to determine if we really can achieve something new. 

Am I willing to affirm what God says about me and seek His strength to live confidently in the truth that with God in charge, I can successfully complete the work I have been given to do? 

Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.  (Philippians 1:6 NIV)

Prayer: Heavenly Father, Help me to faithfully walk with You as I learn from both my successes and my mistakes.  Please increase my faith in Your ability to make a success of my life as I use the gifts You have given me for good in all I say and do.  Amen