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Fearless

    They say it's important to have confidence to make it in this world, although the confidence they refer to is in yourself. Those of us who follow Jesus know there is nothing in us worth being confident in without Him. Without Him we are nothing but sinners, but His blood covered our sins and has made us whole again. We should be confident-- but in the Lord instead of ourselves.

    What does godly confidence look like? I think a large part of that is having no fear. When we have God, the creator of the universe, who should we be afraid of? Man? Satan? Death? No. He has already conquered them all. What about fearing our own mistakes? Well, the Bible says that nothing can separate us from the love of God-- that includes us. We can't make mistakes that He won't forgive as long as we are truly repentant of it. He sees our hearts and He meets us where we are. He makes us new and clean even when we are a sinning wreck. Be confident in that.

    Tomorrow I will talk about what I feel is another large part of confidence in the Lord. Remember that even though you live in a world tainted with sin, your citizenship is in Heaven. You don't play by the world's, or Satan's, rules since you have become reborn. Have confidence in the King of your life.

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (ESV)

 Hebrews 9:22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. (ESV)

Galatians 6:14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. (NIV)

2 Timothy 1:7 For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. (ESV)

Hebrews 13:6 So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” (ESV)

Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation-- whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life-- of whom shall I be afraid? (NIV)

Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NIV)

 Psalm 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. (ESV)

 Philippians 3:20 But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. (NLT)

 Hebrews 10:35 Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. (ESV)

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