Confidence in your Creator

On my flight home from London I read the verse of the day on my Bible app, Sometimes they don't seem applicable to my life at the moment but others seem like God wrote it out just for me. Today was one of those days.

Hebrews 10:35,36

"So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. 

You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, 

you will receive what he has promised."

I tend to struggle in the area of confidence whether it be in a sport setting, or just internally. The majority of people do. Especially in the mission field you can let your mind wander to what is "practical", what will set you up for a successful future, what if this or that goes wrong. You can drive yourself mad. I think this verse was really a reminder to stay confident in my choice to do mission work, and that this is God's will for me right now. And even though some people may think it isn't practical, God may think that a bachelor's degree is not practical for me.  He is the one who see's the big picture where we just catch a glimpse.  It's like a movie, where we only see the trailer but God see's the whole film, and he knows how the story unfolds, he knows every twist.  He has us in the palm of his hand, & if we just stop and listen to what the still small voice is saying, he will lead us in the right direction.  And if it is the Creator of the universe who is directing your steps, you should be overflowing with Confidence, Faith that he will lead you on the right path. If you turn your ears and open your heart toward the Lord, nothing can stop God's purpose and plan for your life. And that my friends, should put your mind at ease.

You also should have confidence in yourself. Be confident in who you are in Christ, He makes no mistakes, ever.  He made you in His image, and the fact that he thought of you and planned out your life is incredible.  "You are fearfully and wonderfully made" and don't you ever forget that. And for my ladies out there, one of my favorite verses, Proverbs 31:30  "Charm is deceitful and Beauty is Fleeting, BUT a Woman who fears the Lord is to be praised"  And as cliche as it is, it truly is what's on the inside that makes you beautiful. I have met plenty of people, guys and girls, who to me are beautiful not because of what they look like but because they have the joy of the Lord in their hearts, they are compassionate, hospitable, humorous, caring, not because they have great hair or a pretty face. Anyone can get that with a little makeup and a curling iron. It is so much more genuine if your beauty comes from within. So be confident in that. Rock who God made you to be, he made you beautiful, it's time to start believing it. And so I leave you with one of my favorite quotes that ties in to who God made you to be...

"I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of;

 for to have been thought about, born in God's thought, and then made by God,

 is the dearest, grandest, and most precious thing in all thinking"