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Monday... So where do we get confidence?


Psalm 27:13 (NLV), "Yet I am confident I will see the LORD's goodness while I am here in the land of the living."

Monday... So where do we get confidence?

How is this day, this week looking? Are you confident that you can handle whatever comes your way?


Yes, there can be so many things that come into our lives and blow away our confidence.

David says in Psalm 27:3a, "Though a mighty army surrounds me, my heart will not be afraid." Can we say that today? There is a lot of unrest in our world.

Verse 10a says, "Even if my father and mother abandon me." A lot of that is going around too.

But David says in verse 13a, "Yet I am confident."

Verse 3 says, "Though a mighty army surround me, my heart will not be afraid, Even if I am attacked, I will remain confident."

Verse 10 says, "Even if my father and mother abandon me, the LORD will hold me close."

And verse 13 says, "Yet I am confident I will see the LORD's goodness while I am here in the land of the living." And verse 14 tells us, "Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD."

The Amplified Bible says, "Wait for and confidently expect the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait and confidently expect the LORD." I love that word expect, "Confidently expect the LORD."

Verse 13 says, "I would have despaired had I not believed I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living."

Over in Romans 8:28 Paul writes, "And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose and plan." Please, we need to understand that not everything that comes our way may not be good but we can be confident if we put our trust in God that he (NLT) "cause everything to work together for the good of those who love God."

Psalm 27:13 says, "Yet I am confident I will see the LORD's goodness while I am here in the land of the living." Remember the LORD's Prayer where it says, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."? God's perfect will is done in heaven, not on earth but we can know that he will bring good out of whatever is happening to us here on earth if we put our trust in the Him. Yes, we can be confident of that.

So where do we get confidence? "Yet I am confident I will see the LORD's goodness while I am here in the land of the living. Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning




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