I read this mornings devotion and so many memories and thoughts ran through my mind. they all centered around one thing....am I truly new and confident in Christ?
I'm 'new'....yes, scars and all and still with a few bumps here and there but I'm still 'new'. I'm not the same person I was 15 years ago. BUT....am I 'confident' in Christ?? hmmm....that's the question isn't it.
The truth is, for many of us, try as we might we can't seem to let go of our human sinful nature that has us questioning the validity of being 'confident' in Christ. It's so easy to say that we are but for many, the saying is in complete contrast to the actual believing whole heartedly, without reservations.
Sin has corrupted our entire mindset into believing that we can't completely 'trust' or be 'confident' in a God we can't see when we can't do the same with our fellow man! We still think of God on humanity's terms instead of on His DIVINE terms. I doubt we're even aware that that's what we do a lot of the times when we hesitate to put our trust and confidence in Christ.
So here's a thought...let's work on remembering that He is NOT like man...He is NOT going to fail us...His promises ARE true....and He will NEVER leave us alone! Once we can accept those divine terms of His existence then being NEW and CONFIDENT in Christ will become like second nature to us.
I started out by saying 'am I truly new and confident in Christ?' hmmm.....well, I can honestly say...I'm a work in constant, CONSTANT progress but I'm closer now than I was five minutes ago. God has done so much...TOO much, for me! I can't NOT be confident that day by day even at life's worst moments, I can count on Him to be there for me!
That's basically what being confident in Christ entails. Knowing and trusting in Him and His ability to see you through all the what ifs and whatevers and the what would/could/should bes'
I'm 'new'....yes, scars and all and still with a few bumps here and there but I'm still 'new'. I'm not the same person I was 15 years ago. BUT....am I 'confident' in Christ?? hmmm....that's the question isn't it.
The truth is, for many of us, try as we might we can't seem to let go of our human sinful nature that has us questioning the validity of being 'confident' in Christ. It's so easy to say that we are but for many, the saying is in complete contrast to the actual believing whole heartedly, without reservations.
Sin has corrupted our entire mindset into believing that we can't completely 'trust' or be 'confident' in a God we can't see when we can't do the same with our fellow man! We still think of God on humanity's terms instead of on His DIVINE terms. I doubt we're even aware that that's what we do a lot of the times when we hesitate to put our trust and confidence in Christ.
So here's a thought...let's work on remembering that He is NOT like man...He is NOT going to fail us...His promises ARE true....and He will NEVER leave us alone! Once we can accept those divine terms of His existence then being NEW and CONFIDENT in Christ will become like second nature to us.
I started out by saying 'am I truly new and confident in Christ?' hmmm.....well, I can honestly say...I'm a work in constant, CONSTANT progress but I'm closer now than I was five minutes ago. God has done so much...TOO much, for me! I can't NOT be confident that day by day even at life's worst moments, I can count on Him to be there for me!
That's basically what being confident in Christ entails. Knowing and trusting in Him and His ability to see you through all the what ifs and whatevers and the what would/could/should bes'
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