Trusting to be Confident
When we hear or read about real life historical figures who helped change history and hear the names such as Moses, Gideon, and Jeremiah we usually do not equate the words: insecure, inadequate, untrustworthy, lazy, or coward. However, before they fully trusted in God to have the faith that God would work through them they each struggled with such negative characteristics.
Moses believed “Who am I?, no one will believe me. I have a speech problem. Lord please, send someone else!” How often do we try to make excuses and rationalize why we can’t do what God has purposed within us to do. Gideon was told by an angel of the Lord that he was a mighty warrior and would have victory, yet he felt as though God had abandoned him and struggled with feeling inadequate. He reasoned and tried to make excuses, “we are the weakest among all the tribes.” Maybe you are feeling very weak and unable to share what God has done and is doing, but we have to trust that we will have victory over any battles we may face.
Then there is Jeremiah the prophet who thought he was too young for people to take him seriously. Like Moses, he too tried to make excuses. He thought because he was young he wouldn’t be a good public speaker and wondered about what he would even say. The Lord assured him saying, “Do not say I am just a youth, for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of their faces, for I am with you to deliver you.” (Jeremiah 1:7-8).
This should give us hope that we can trust God to give us the confidence that we need to accomplish His will for our lives. It is when we allow God to guide our paths that we can rest assured in Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.”
TRS written 7-24-22
Rays of Hope 