God’s Confidence in You

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV)

The tough patch you are navigating through…

The tough emotions you're battling…

The tough exchanges you're having with other people…

The tough decisions that lie ahead of you…

The tough considerations you are weighing…

The tough restrictions that come with your life's arrangement in this season…

They're only bearable when you can find the privilege in them—because they reflect not just the confidence you have in God, but the confidence God has in you.

He knows you won't quit. He knows you'll manage the pain and keep giving Him the praise. He knows you’ll walk up the steepest part of the mountain and still get to the top and say, “This is the day that the Lord has made. I shall rejoice and be glad in it.” He knows you'll stand in front of a shaken army and not be afraid to fight the giant. He knows you'll stand in front of the expansive sea and stretch out your rod like Moses, or trust your sling and your smooth stone like David, or step out of the boat like Peter.

Life can be draining unless and until you can discern the privilege of being someone that God has confidence in. I agree with Martin Luther, who said that faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so much so that a person will stake their lives on it a thousand times over. That's the kind of confidence I have in God. But do you know what makes me not give up in really tough times? It’s knowing that God has confidence in me.

You must live with a conviction of the confidence that God has in you. A conviction that you're strong enough in Him to walk through this season. A conviction that you won't let what hits you hard make you stop chasing His perfect will for your life.

It's a privilege to live out the plan of God in your life and to test the depth of His confidence in you.