Our culture constantly teaches us that self-confidence will guarantee success. Scripture teaches a different lesson.
“There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude—confidence in self.”
- Seneca
There are two fundamental lessons we need to keep relearning—1) there’s a God; 2) we are not Him.
Eventually, we realize limitations—enigmas we cannot decipher, messages we cannot decode.
Self-confidence inevitably crashes into failure’s brick walls and gets lost in life’s labyrinth.
Survival of the fittest disqualifies us; swagger hurries down dead-end alleys.
Haughtiness paves humiliating roads; ego proves to be insufficient.
A do-it-yourself attitude can never be a substitute for grace.
Blessings cascade in our lives from God the Source.
Jesus Christ is the Cornerstone of beatitude.
The key to the confidence course of life?
Confidence in the trustworthy God.
“’It is beyond my power to do this’” Joseph replied.
‘But God will tell you what it means and will set you at ease.’”
Genesis 41:16
Johnny R. Almond
Pastor, Colonial Beach Baptist Church, Virginia
Author, Gentle Whispers from Eternity—Scripture Personalized
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[This devotion based on/adapted from Day 29 of Gentle Whispers from Eternity]
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