Friday, November 04, 2011

True Confidence

 
Bill Rice Ranch - First Light Devotionals 

Psalm 7:8 "The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me."

 

 

 

What if someone today knew everything about you that God knows about you? Would that be a good thing? The truth is, no one on this earth could know you the way that God knows you. That just demonstrates how critical it is what God knows about you! David said in Psalm 8, "Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me." What a bold prayer!

 

David's boldness was a result of his sincerity, honesty, and integrity. Integrity means that there is only one "you." Integrity is the opposite of duplicity and hypocrisy. Integrity means that your character is the same, whether you are at church or on vacation, in person or behind a computer. Other people may not know everything about you but God does! And God knows the real "you"!

 

The bottom line is that integrity brings confidence. There should be a level of consistency in your Christian life which will cultivate confidence. People may misrepresent and misinterpret what you do, but when you live a life of integrity, you can have confidence in knowing that "the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins."

 

No one can hurt your character but you. Friends may misunderstand you and enemies may persecute you, but a life of simplicity and integrity produces true confidence. How you live today will affect your capacity to live in confidence tomorrow. Can you say with David, "Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me"? May it be so today!

 

 

Prayer Requests:

1. Services tonight and this weekend in Marana, AZ, and Dublin, Ireland

2. Services this weekend in Valparaiso, IN; West Horn Lake, MS; and Greer, SC

  

 

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