Confidence

Some say our self-esteem is determined by what we think the most important person in our life thinks about us. That is so critical to our confidence, our witness, and our success in the Kingdom.

If we derive our confidence from what others say about us, we can become anything from prideful to pitiful, depending on their mood and perspective. It's a roller-coaster existence.

The truth is, we are not made greater by man's praise, neither are we made lesser by man's criticism. We are who God says we are, or rather, who we understand God to say we are.

It's an extensive list, but here are some scriptures on which to meditate.

Who am I?

I am born again (John 1:12-13; 3:7; 1 Peter 1:23).

I am saved (Acts 2:21; Eph. 2:8; 2 Tim. 1:9; Titus 3:5).

I am redeemed (Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14; Heb. 9:12; Rev. 5:9; 1 Peter 1:18-19).

I am justified (Rom. 5:1, 18; Gal. 3:24).

I have a NEW nature (2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15).

Christ lives in me (2 Cor. 6:16; Jn. 14:23; Gal. 2:20; Jn. 17:23; Col. 1:27).

I know He is my Strength, my Provider, my Healer, my Keeper (Ph. 4:13; Ps. 31:19; Ex. 15:26; 2 Tim. 1:12; 2 Thess. 3:3; Jude 24).

I know He is my Partner, Companion, and Friend in life (Prov. 18:24; Jn. 15:13-16; 17:21-23).

I am healed (Is. 53:4-5; 1 Peter 2:24; Ex. 15:26).

I am provided for (Phil. 4:19; Ps. 84:11; 2 Cor. 9:8).

I am not afraid (Joshua 1:9; Ps. 27:1,3; 23:4; 56:11; 91:1-7, 9-12; Is. 41:10).

I am no longer condemned (Rom. 8:1; Jn. 5:24).

I am delivered out of satan’s power (Col. 1:12-14; Job 5:19; Dan. 6:27; 2 Cor. 1:10).

I am no longer under satan’s dominion (Col. 1:12-14; Luke 10:19).

I am freed from the curse (Gal. 3:13).

I am freed from captivity (Jn. 8:32-36; Rom. 6:22).

I am connected to and complete in God (Eph. 2:6; Col. 2:9-10).

I am free from my past defeat and failure won’t hold me back (Eph. 2:1-7; 2 Cor. 5:17).

I am a partaker of the new nature (2 Peter 1:4; Col. 1:12; Heb. 3:14).

I am a partaker of Christ’s victory (Eph. 2:5-6; Col. 1:12-14).

I have the righteousness of Jesus (Rom. 5:17; Phil. 3:9; 1 Cor. 1:30).

I am more than a conqueror (Rom. 8:37).

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them”. (Eph. 2:10)

How Big is Your God?

What you believe about God will determine who you are and what you can do.

Many people have reduced God to the size of their biggest problem. Their confidence in Him stops short at the threshold of the problem or challenge or at the extent of their limited hope for themselves. Because of this faith-deficiency, they are destined to live with the problem. It can't be overshadowed or overtaken. It reigns supreme. It becomes their god when it goes beyond the reach of what they believe God can do.

"As a man thinks in his heart, so is he" (Proverbs 23:7). What a man thinks about God becomes the limit to what God is able to do in his life.

The Word of God is the substantive antidote to the poison that restricts our ability to think beyond our fears and to believe beyond our challenges.

"So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17).

Faith from His Word takes us further so we can believe and see above our circumstances, through our problems, and beyond the bounds of our own short-sighted dreams when we understand that God is bigger than any challenge, more powerful than any threat, and more far-reaching than any of our best plans for ourselves in Him.

As we read, believe, and act on His Word we grow in faith. We become able to see God doing more so our problems shrink and our possibilities expand before us.

How big is your God?

Try Bigger.



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