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Faith = Confidence

Sunday, December 2, 2007 @12:26 AM

"Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see." - Hebrews 11:1 (NLT)

This verse was one of the many verses that I captured in my spirit. Today's church service was indescribably awesome! I wept and wept in the presence of God in the auditorium as Pst. Kong preached.
In the New Living Translation (NLT) version of the bible, faith means having all confidence. Then Pst. Kong mentioned Hebrews 11:6

"But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." -Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV)

I got very still..

This confidence is not referring to self confidence but faith confidence in our Abba Father in heaven. And in the verse 6, it says that without faith, its impossible to please God. So in other words, having without confidence in God displeases Him. Power of God cannot rest in us without faith confidence in Him!

All these while I've been struggling alot in confidence that God appointed me as a leader. Whenever I take the pulpit to lead praise, testimony and offering, the moment I cast aside my confidence in God, God can't work His hand on the CG through me.
That moment I feel a need to come back to basics. Know my God again. I've always thought God was a God thats hard. Things I've failed to do, I always have this impression God doesn't like it and distance Himself from me. But thats wrong! God has faith in all men including people like you and me.

And because I fear, fears paralyses me from doing things. Even though I do it, its without confidence thus God's power is paralysed! Adam, before sin entered, was fearless! He uses his mind to dominate earth and creatures living in it. But the moment sin entered, he knows he disobeyed thus casting aside his confidence in God. All confidence was lost.

I have the fear of failing. Thus cautious about how I do things only to end up being inconfident in myself being a cell group leader. But its only through my weakness that God is made perfect.

Let the weak say I am strong, let the poor say I am rich. People are attracted to what they don't have what they desire in their lives! For example, a rich man, can get anything he wants, is amazed by your life, envious to see you happy despite being hit with difficult times. =)

Thats being a living testimony to God!