Are you Confident? Well, of course...I think...um...

Joyce Meyer has a perfect saying that I really related to, "A believer in Christ with no confidence is like a jumbo jet with no fuel."

Are you that jumbo jet? I thought I wasn't at all, but little did I know I was not as confident as I portrayed myself to be. My mom always told me carry your head high, smile and no one will ever know you are terrified. A previous boss told me once, say anything with confidence and people will believe you...all of this advice is good advice, however, it doesn't relate to your life in Christ. I trained myself to believe I was confident in all that I did. However, to be confident in Christ is completely different! I wasn't able to do any of the things people had told me over the years to get through my latest difficulties with my life. I lacked confidence in my faith!

If you lack confidence, you have an insecurity (sometimes fear) and that is not how God wants us to live. Things can happen to us as children and young adults that sculpt our lives and make us self conscious. If you learn to love yourself just the way you are, you will realize that God loves us that way too. After all, He created us. You are fearfully and wonderfully made in God's image! Stand up and be who God made us to be...

Your confidence is who you are in Christ Jesus, not what people think about you, not what you look like, what you wear, what you drive or the job you have.