Fri, Aug 28, 2009
God-Confident
Are you self-confident or God-confident? There is a huge difference. Self-confidence can lead to very destructive relationships, arrogant missteps, anger, unfulfilled expectations, and depression. Self-confidence is described as the fool in Proverbs.
God-confidence is an active faith that believes that God is directing your steps, orchestrating the harmony of your life, connecting you to the right network of people, and fulfilling your purpose in life.
7 Steps to Develop God-confidence.
1. Recognize that God is a Rewarder. But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out].
2. Align your plans with God’s purpose. God is mighty, but does not despise men; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
3. Personally accept God’s Word for your own. The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
4. Associate with the right people. Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
5. Remember that your purpose is not about you. You were bought with a price [purchased with a preciousness and paid for by Christ]; then do not yield yourselves up to become [in your own estimation] slaves to men [but consider yourselves slaves to Christ].
6. Understand that God-confidence intimidates people. Later his disciples came and told him, “Did you know how upset the Pharisees were when they heard what you said?”Jesus shrugged it off.
7. Enjoy the confidence in fulfilling God’s purpose. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!
God-confidence is an active faith that believes that God is directing your steps, orchestrating the harmony of your life, connecting you to the right network of people, and fulfilling your purpose in life.
7 Steps to Develop God-confidence.
1. Recognize that God is a Rewarder. But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out].
2. Align your plans with God’s purpose. God is mighty, but does not despise men; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
3. Personally accept God’s Word for your own. The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
4. Associate with the right people. Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
5. Remember that your purpose is not about you. You were bought with a price [purchased with a preciousness and paid for by Christ]; then do not yield yourselves up to become [in your own estimation] slaves to men [but consider yourselves slaves to Christ].
6. Understand that God-confidence intimidates people. Later his disciples came and told him, “Did you know how upset the Pharisees were when they heard what you said?”Jesus shrugged it off.
7. Enjoy the confidence in fulfilling God’s purpose. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!
Job 36:5, Matthew 15:12, John 14:10, 1 Corinthians 15:33, Hebrews 11:6 and Hebrews 12:2
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