Letting God of Self-Confidence

The world tells us that it is important to be confident in who you are. Know who you are. Know what your strengths and weakness are. Don't be afraid to try anything new, and don't be ashamed of who you are or where you come from. This seems like great advice, so what's the problem?

The world tells us that self-confidence is good, but it also neglects to mention the existence of God. God is very real, and it is in Him that we should be finding our source of confidence in this world. The problem with self-confidence is that it can easily lead to pride, and God does not like pride. God does not call us to be consumed by guilt, or to minimize our talents or experiences. He does, however, want and demand glory. Every gift we have is from God. When we start to forget this, God intervenes. John Piper says, "God's first great design in all our trouble is that we might let go of self-confidence. When we do that, there is a temporary sense of falling. But by faith in God's mercy, we land, infinitely more secure, in the arms of our Father, who is utterly in control at the brink of life and death."

Our God is our Rock, our Foundation, and our Fortress. He will not be moved. In Him, we are eternally (both now, and in the future) completely secure. Finding security in God means letting go of our security on Earth, and that requires a leap of faith. So we are presented with a choice: stay in an empty, deteriorating world, or vault into the all-powerful arms of God?

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