About confidence in our abilities…

Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. (NIV)

Some persons want God to take care of everything so they do not have to do anything themselves. This kind of relationship with God is not based upon trust but upon weakening dependence. This weakening dependence is a way of shirking ones responsibility to be and do all God wants one to do and be. God needs you to be strong enough to do His work. God wants you to be His person while you are alive here on earth. We must learn to feel confident in our own abilities. We must learn to have a healthy trust in a relationship whether the relationship is with God or with others. If we do not feel confident in our abilities, we will want God to do for us what we can do for ourselves. Wanting God to do what we can do creates a circumstance where we will eventually be disappointed in God. Consequently, in our selfishness and ego, we put our own agenda in life ahead of the agenda God has for us. We can all reach our true destination ordained by God. We can all reach His destination for us if we would reach out more fully, trust more deeply, and take chances when we do His work. When we reach His destination for us by doing His will, good things happen for us, for others, and for Him.