For Real? - Thanksgiving Devotional #14

"...being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;..."

Philippians 1:6 NKJV

What exactly does it mean to be confident? The dictionary defines confident as:

1. Self-assured - certain of having the ability, judgment, and resources needed to succeed

2. Convinced - sure about the nature or facts of something. The thesaurus offers these words as alternate ways to define confident: sure, certain, positive, convinced, secure, in no doubt. 

How confident are we? Are you confident in yourself and your own ability(ies)? Be completely honest with yourself. I know... There are days that I am absolutely confident that I have NO ability(ies). And the Truth is that apart from Christ, I don't.

But here's the big question... Are we confident in Him? Are we certain that God the Father has the ability, judgment, and resources needed for US to succeed? Are we convinced, positive, secure, and in no doubt that Jesus is who He says He is? That together, Father and Son will do what has been promised and already completed? Are we sure? Are we that confident in His Word?

How confident are we for real? Yeah? Then why do we hesitate when He moves in our Spirit? Jesus IS real. His Word is real. He who has begun a good work in you WILL complete it... I'm confident. Yeah, for real.

Prayer:

Father,
           We are confident in You. We choose to be just like Abraham who did not look at his or Sarah's inability in the flesh to produce an heir. Abraham NEVER cast away his confidence in You and in Your Word even though he waited years...and then made mistakes trying to help You, just like we have done. But Father, we come back to the heart of who You are and pray that our confidence in You never waivers. We are so thankful that Your faithfulness to us never does! We want to be more like You. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen