Confidentially Dented

2 Corinthians 3:4-5 We have this kind of confidence toward God
through Christ. It is not that we are competent ourselves to consider anything as coming
from ourselves, but our competence is from God

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So I woke up this morning with a huge thought on my mind

a breakthrough thought

in fact I know that this was God simply speaking to me

about my confidence in Him

He reminded me of where I used to have confidence in Him and no longer do

as well as in new ways that I have come to have confidence in Him

He reminded me of my previous dating situation 

and how in the end I was able to confide in Him

however the question that He hit me with was

a breakthrough question. 

He simply asked me about my dating life. 

Why that of all things? I don't know maybe because that's what

had me so stressed out in the past two weeks

I'd been praying to hear from Him

and when I finally did He made a point

asking this question

"Why do you allow yourself into relationships with people who have such little confidence in Me?"

It's all I've been thinking about since I woke up this morning.

In that moment I felt a huge boost of confidence, which also opened my eyes

to my lack of confidence when it came to dating.

So I sat there and thought about it for a little bit.

And I gotta say . . .

I'm royalty, an heir to the Kingdom

I'm chosen, to make God's name known

I'm more than a conqueror

The same power that conquered the grave

lives within me

therefore

I could conquer the grave if I needed to for God's glory

I could tell a mountain to move and it would do so if I needed to for God's glory

I can learn to play the guitar and piano in a ridiculously short time for God's glory

I can learn how to run garage band in a ridiculously short time for God's glory

TRUE STORY BRO!

or sis

whichever you may be

There's not much room for a lack of confidence here

God has made Himself known in the things that I do

He's made His presence known and that He is here to stay

and provide

The reason. The only reason I could think to come up with. . .

Heroism

No mas

I'm not here to play the hero

I'm here to make the Hero known

If I elevate myself to hero status in my mind

then even if God does something amazing I'd miss it

and when I mess up all of my insecurities will drown me

But when I look to my Hero, Jesus Christ, who is simply Victorious over all

then I find true security

I find my confidence in Him

there may be some of you out there like me

My prayer is a deeper rooted confidence in Christ from here on out

a sort of barbarianism 

willing to take risks in confidence 

kind of like yesterday jumping down the stairs 

or dancing on the boardwalk

Thank God for adventure