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Friday... Confidence is so important.


Psalm 57:7 (NLT), "My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart is confident. No wonder I can sing your praises."

Friday... Confidence is so important.

When we have it.

There was this father who had a son who was possessed by an evil spirit and he came to Jesus in Mark 9 to heal him but Jesus wasn't there so he asked the disciples and it says in verse 18c, "they couldn't do it." Now when Jesus came back in verse 19, "Jesus said to them, 'You faithless people! How long must I be with you? Bring the boy to me."

Yes, confidence is so important.


Now David writes in Psalm 57:7 (NLT), "My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart is confident. No wonder I can sing your praises."

Yes these disciples had Jesus with them and they saw so much happening through him but they were not confident but David was. Yes, they were confident that Jesus could do it but not through them.

Now after Jesus had taken care of the situation and healed the boy, the disciples asked him in verse 28, "Why couldn't we cast out that evil spirit?" Verse 29, "Jesus replied, 'This kind can be cast out only by prayer.'" Our confidence, our faith comes from being connected with God who is the source of our confidence and we need to not doubt if he can do it. In verse 22b Jesus tells the father, "Anything is possible if a person believes."

It is so important who our confidence is in. Yes, when we pray to God we need to believe that He can do it.

When Jesus questioned the father about his belief verse 24 says, "The father instantly cried out, 'I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief.'"

Back to Psalm 57 and in verses 1-3 David says, "Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy! I look to your for protection. I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings until the danger passes by. I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me. He will send help from heaven to rescue me, disgracing those who hound me."

Our confidence comes from spending time with, connecting with God through His Word, through His Spirit. It comes from having him in our heart, in our lives on a daily basis and having him listen to our prayers. The disciples had problems with doing it on their own. They didn't have what it took to take care of this situation without God.

Verse 23 (AMP) says, "All things are possible for the one who believes and trusts [in Me]!" And in verses 28b-29 it says, "His disciples began asking Him privately, 'Why were we unable to drive it out?' He replied to them, 'This kind [of unclean spirit] cannot come by anything but prayer [to the Father]."

That is where our confidence comes from, our faith comes from and aa David says, "No wonder I can sing your praises." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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