POSITIONING FOR CONFIDENT LIVING IN GOD - Rev Joseph Aliyu (JULY 9, 2023)

Living in confidence in Christ is the best defense against temptations. Confidence moves your character towards perfection, for you allow the Lord to control you. • David admits that there were times when he had to go through the valley. This phrase is meant to speak of any dark situation where you cannot see your way in life. • To have confidence is to have freedom from doubt; to have trust or faith in a person or thing. • There have been many who have exhibited the character of confidence. It is however very possible to be overly confident in one’s own abilities. It is possible to place too much trust in someone or something. But it is never wrong to put our confidence in Almighty God and in the Lord Jesus Christ. (Psalms 118:8,9 KJV; Proverbs 3:26; Proverbs 14:26; Philippians 1:6; Philippians 3:3) The concept of confidence is first seen in our passage in Hebrews 10:19 where the writer says, “Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus.” The word “boldness” in this verse is a word that means assurance or confidence. The same Greek word is used again at the end of our passage. In Hebrews 10:35, the Bible says, “Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward.”