God-confidence

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“God-confidence places reliance on God’s grace, and grace is God’s doing. His grace is all the qualifications you will ever need to fulfil your God-given opportunities.”

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2 Chronicles 15:7
But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.

Joe stepped into the open-plan office space of his new company. It was only his second day on the job. Though he was very grateful for the opportunity and knew he was qualified, he lacked confidence. His desk was situated three-quarters of the way across the large room. He had to pass at least four other workstations to get to his chair. Though one person gave him a fleeting welcome wave, every head was down, already engrossed in the activities of the new day. Even so, Joe felt as though every eye was fixed on him. Quickly, he crossed the floor to his desk and sat down.

Confidence is an elusive virtue. Sometimes it flows with unabated gush, yet sometimes it lurks in the recesses of one’s soul like a shy mouse afraid of the light of morning. One thing I have learnt over the years is that self-confidence is fleeting, because self-confidence puts confidence in self – the ego. To be securely confident, I need to not be self-confident but God-confident. God-confidence places reliance on God’s grace, and grace is God’s doing. His grace is all the qualifications you will ever need to fulfil your God-given opportunities.

So, don’t throw away your confidence, it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere at every new opportunity so that when you have done what God has called you to do you will receive the fulfilment of all he has promised you. As Corrie Ten Boom said, “I believe that God delights to use his children in the fulfilment of his plans for the world. I am sure he loves to use small people to do great things.”

God-tracking is revelling in his rich grace for your confidence.

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Hebrews 10:34-36
Proverbs 10:22

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“I choose not throw away my confidence but persevere in the promises of your word to me.”

“My Lord, I realise now that I can only be confident in your purposes and your grace for my life. Therefore, I want to surrender every aspect of my life to you today: my work, my relationships, my church life, my sports, my recreation and my most private life. I put my confidence in God and not self, believing that you have promised to make me a success in all that I do. I choose not throw away my confidence but to persevere in the promises of your word to me. For your glory, Lord. Amen.”

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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.

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GOD-TRACKING IS UNSELFISHLY SERVING GOD WITH A PURE HEART

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“Dear God-tracker, may we keep our eyes on Christ and humble ourselves before God, walking in the purity of wisdom from above. May we submit to one another in reverence for the plans for God.”

Ephesians 5:21

…submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

In my 43 years’ experience of church attendance, I have yet to find a fellowship free of selfish ambition. Sadly! From an early age, I have attended churches where one or two self-motivated individuals have resisted the move of the Holy Spirit, or who have risen in retaliation against the authority of their leaders.  Inspired by the Holy Spirit James writes, “If you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.” Then he goes on to ass that godly wisdom begins with purity.

It is a sad reality that Satan’s primary goal is to undermine the plans of God for his children and the Church. One of the ways the devil does this is to stir up dissension, discord and disunity in the Body of Christ. These vices have at their root, selfish ambition, which plays out in church politics. The root of selfish ambition is the ego – the self! It’s been my experience that every church has its own band of, “I-think-we-shoulds” – untransformed self-interested people who are disgruntled with the vision and oversight of God’s delegated authority on earth.

James makes it clear that real godly wisdom (the source of vision and purpose) begins with purity. Purity always asks the question, why? What’s the motive for my decision making and what’s the motive of my opinion? Godly wisdom continues in peace, good reason, mercy, impartiality and sincerity. Avery true believer has been transformed from a life of self-interest to a life of self-sacrifice and submission. A great man who had every reason to boast was, Apostle Paul. Yet by the Holy Spirit he said, “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.”

Dear God-tracker, may we keep our eyes on Christ and humble our… selves before God, walking in the purity of wisdom from above. May we submit to one another in reverence for the plans for God.

God-tracking is unselfishly serving God with a pure heart

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James 3:14-17

Galatians 2:20

James 4:10

Ephesians 4:3-5

DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

Today I ask your forgiveness for any rebellion and selfish ambition in my heart, and I commit myself to humbly serve you in my place in the body of Christ

“Dear Heavenly God, thank you for your grace and mercy that has saved me and transformed my life from a life consumed with self and selfish ambition into a life filled with love, submission and truth. Thank you that Jesus died to reconcile me to your righteousness and called me to one hope, one faith, one baptism and one Body. Today I ask your forgiveness for any rebellion and selfish ambition in my heart, and I commit myself to humbly serve you in my place in the body of Christ. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS WALKING IN GOD’S HIGH ESTEEM

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The e-devotional helping to keep you on track with God’s plans for your life. GodTracker is published at http://godtracker.co.uk 

“God-tracking does not build strength in the ego but strength in the spirit, where the Lord dwells. Therefore, dear God Tracker, to be confident and successful in every way, do not be self-confident; be God-confident.”

Psalm 71:5

For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth.

 

When I was a child, I was extremely introverted and shy. Having a brother 6 years my senior and no opportunity to interact with children of my own age made for a very lonely early childhood. When I was 9, I took up tennis. Thankfully this brought opportunity to relate to other children of my own age group, outside of school. However, although I became a fair tennis player, I would fall apart whenever I played a serious match. As a child, I had zero self-confidence.

Through high school, my self-esteem reduced even further. With only a hand full of friends I kept pretty much to myself. My invisibleness at school became evident to me a few years ago when I bumped into a woman who had gone to high school with me. I knew her well but when I said hello to her, she had no idea who I was. As a teenager, I had zero self-confidence.

It was only after I left school and was married that I began to realise that I had a problem with my self-esteem. By now the Lord had opened an opportunity for me as a worship leader and I found myself on stage behind a guitar, singing in front of a few hundred folks! One day while I was leading worship, I lost the rhythm of the song I was playing. It happened during a rather deep and gentle worship song. I was so embarrassed that I wished the wall behind me would come to my rescue and fall on me. Needless to say, it didn’t and the whole worship time was drastically reduced to a mix of dead-air and red faces. In an instant, I heard the voice of the Holy Spirit within me, “Who are you more afraid of, these people or me?” In my mind, I said, “Lord, I deeply revere you, but I’m not embarrassed in front of you. Why, I even sing in front of you in the shower!”

From that day on I realised that my self-esteem should not rest in my “self” after all. In fact, I realised that my “self” was ego and for me to have confidence in my ego was… well… not right, to say the least. I began to understand the Apostle Paul’s words when he said to the Corinthians, “I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling,” and then went on to say, “My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power.”  And in Philippians, he says, “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.”

What a valuable and, dare I say, relieving lesson to learn. Thank God that I don’t need to build self-confidence anymore. In fact, the Bible says that when we are weak then we are strong. You see, God-tracking does not build strength in the ego but strength in the spirit, where the Lord dwells. Therefore, dear God Tracker, to be confident and successful in every way, do not be self-confident; be God-confident. As Dwight Moody said, “Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment; ...but trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time or eternity.”

God-tracking is walking in God’s high esteem.

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1 Corinthians 2:1-5

Philippians 4:10-13

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Dear Lord, help me to build God-confidence

“O my Lord and my Father, thank you so much that you see and know me exactly as I am. I have nothing to hide from you. I stand before you weak and lacking in self-esteem. However, I know now that my esteem needs to be in you and not in me. Dear Lord, help me to build God-confidence. You are my strength; you are my esteem and Lord; you are my success in all walks of life. I am never embarrassed before you so help me to deal with my fears of man. I choose to die to self that I may live by faith in Christ who died for me. You are my strength, and my confidence is in you. Amen.”

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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail devotional, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.

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