Confidence: A Stone, A Slingshot And The Strength Of God

Victorious. Isn’t that the most delicious word?  Who doesn’t want to walk in victory over all of life? This would include all of our “Goliath’s”, our “Red Seas” experiences, and our ferocious enemies – both inside and out. But guess what? It does not come from within us – we simply can’t continually muster it up with our stones and slingshots. How silly that must look to our Lord. When we go forth in our own strength – with our sweat dripping from our brows - it is no strength at all – and it gets us nowhere fast. To have confidence in self to fight all battles will surely find us wanting and our banners dragging in the dirt.

God wants His children victorious over all life.  Through His power indwelling within us He wants us to do great exploits which are simply too difficult for man to do. Why? So that He will get the glory not we! And so that all the earth will know Him. Remember, “For God so loved the world”. Nothing is more common than the strength of man – the sweat of his brow, the boasting of what he has and does, his own physical prowess, all pointing to the pride of his heart. Why do we want to seek the common?  Look higher. God has amazing exploits planned which He desires for us to walk in - for each one of us. They may not all look like the parting of the Red Sea or the felling of a great giant or a baby at 90 but (and this is a big BUT) they will point to a Great God Who continues to work on behalf of His saints. We see so little “God works” because we are too busy doing “man works” and we are missing out on all that God wants to do in and through us. He desires for us to relinquish our silly plans. Trust Him.  Leaning into Him and asking Him to direct our path and enable us to do things too hard for man to do – through His power. He will turn the ordinary into the extraordinary as we radiate a holy confidence in Him and His faithfulness.  Faith moves God’s mighty Hand on our behalf.