My Journal

Date: 11/07/08
Title: In Whom Have Confidence?
Scripture: Ps 146:3 Don't put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there. 4 When their breathing stops, they return to the earth, and in a moment all their plans come to an end. 5 But happy are those who have the God of Israel as their helper,...
Ps 147:10 The strength of a horse does not impress him; how puny in his sight is the strength of a man. 11 Rather, the LORD's delight is in those who honor him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love.


Observation: For some reason we so easily default to putting our trust, hope, confidence in man/people rather than in God. We don't say that we do, but our actions say otherwise. It seems that our faith extends only to a level of worship and belief. We're often happy to leave it there and put our confidence in man for most of our needs.

When we're sick it is simpler and easier to trust doctors and medicines. When we need finance or possessions we trust in sweat and toil.

I read also in the NT scripture today:
Mt 21:21 Then Jesus told them, "I assure you, if you have faith and don't doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, `May God lift you up and throw you into the sea,' and it will happen. 22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."

Faith at times seems so foreign to us. Yet God has called us to live by it and to put ALL of our confidence in Him.

Application: God will require that His people live by faith. I must live by faith. Not just when it is convenient, but every day. In the small things and in the large. I must teach people to do likewise before God removes the things we love to trust in.

Prayer: Lord, help me change defaults and walk in such a manner as to default to faith, confidence and soaring in the Spirit ... every day. Amen