Friday... My heart is confident...

Friday... My heart is confident. Now that is very difficult even a little precocious thing to say in what we are going through. But there is more to it.

The writer of Psalm 108 starts his Psalm by saying that, "My heart is confident. . ." but he doesn't end there. He goes on, ". . . in you, O God." His confidence comes from the One He is connected to.

And that is the foundation to our confidence. Yes there are people who are doing an unbelievable job at tackling our adversary, this virus, but they are not doing it alone.

In verse 12 (AMP), the Psalmist says, "Give us help against this adversary..." Again his confidence is in God. He then says, "For deliverance by man is in vain [a worthless hope]. With God we will do valiantly, for it is He who will trample down our enemies."

So where does your confidence come from? Is it totally on people? Yes God does use people but it still comes from Him. He is the source of all knowledge. He is the source of our confidence.

The Message paraphrase says, "Give us help for the hard task; human help is worthless. In God we'll do our very best; he'll flatten the opposition for good."

Back to the beginning, verses 1-5 (NLT), "My heart is confidence in you, O God; no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart! Wake up, lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with song. I will thank you, Lord, among all the people. I will sing your praises among the nations. For your unfailing love is higher than the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds, Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens. May your glory shine over the earth."

And then with confidence we can say, verse 6, "Now rescue your beloved people. Answer us and save us by your power."

My heart is confident because of my connection to You, God! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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