Confidence

Confidence

Week #12

Scripture Reference:  Hebrews 11:1 (NLT)

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen;

it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.

            I’ve started rereading a book about Smith Wigglesworth, who was an evangelist in the early 1900’s.  The stories that have been told about him are amazing. He truly believed that God could work through him. Miracle after miracle were completed through Smith Wigglesworth by God, but the story that has stuck out to me the most was a simple story.  It was a simple faith step that he made seem so easy because of his confidence that our Heavenly Father would take care of him.     

Book: Wigglesworth: A Man Who Walked with God

Author: George Stormont

Pg 13

“Another evening, my wife drove Wigglesworth to a meeting in another church, and on the way home, the car broke down. He was unperturbed. He just talked to “Father”, and very soon help appeared in the form of a man who had been at the meeting. The man arranged for the car to be taken care of then brought Wigglesworth and my wife home.”

            This story really convicted me. He had so much confidence that Father God would take care of him that it didn’t even faze him when the car broke down. This is a level of faith that I am still striving to attain. I am not going to lie, the day after I read this story I was faced with an opportunity where I had to choose between being confident in my Heavenly Father and being confident in life’s circumstances. I did not pass this test. We had received a rather large bill in the mail and my initial reaction was not calm and thankful that God takes care of us. My initial reaction was panic. My mood stunk and I was stressed. Eventually I remembered reading this story and was so convicted because I had the opportunity to trust and be confident in God and instead I leaned on my own abilities. I’ve got to tell you, my abilities are nothing compared to God’s abilities. Long story short, turns out we didn’t even owe the money on the bill. It had already been paid. I allowed myself to become stressed over nothing. I allowed “nothing” to ruin my morning.

            Here is my point…Are you confident in our Heavenly Father on a daily basis? Are you confident that He will take care of you in the small things? Matthew 6:30 says “And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?” After reading this scripture it is such a silly thought that we would fret over the little things. God knows what you need. He knows you need food, clothing and numerous other things for survival. The Bible says that He will care for you. You can absolutely be confident in the fact that He takes care of you. So, the next time your car breaks down or you receive an unexpected bill in the mail you can be confident that God has set up the provision to take care of the situation.

            Why is this so important? If we cannot be confident in our Heavenly Father when our car breaks down, how will we be confident in Him when something major happens? Those everyday day trials that give you the opportunity to trust and be confident in God are practice for when we go through the major things. We need to learn to trust Him through the little things so that we can trust Him through the big things such as infertility. As I’ve discussed in previous blogs infertility can become overwhelming. It can consume your every thought. However, we do not need to allow it to become that way because we can be confident that our Heavenly Father will take care of us.

We need to learn to be confident in Him through the little things

so that we can be confident in Him through the big things.

WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT:

This week take the time to recognize the opportunities that you have to trust in God. Thank Him for taking care of you.