Today’s Scripture: Is not your fear of God your confidence and the integrity of your ways your hope? Job 4:6 ESV
Eliphaz was the first friend to speak to Job and try to get him to snap out of his feeling sorry for himself during his trials. Eliphaz is attempting to get Job to change his perspective.
This verse reminds me today the God alone is my confidence. It is not my fear of Him. Like Job, I may be in a weak moment, set deep in depression over my life’s circumstances so anything I can offer is insufficient.
What Job knew and what we forget is that it is not the strength of our reverence for God or our acts of integrity that give us hope. It is God Himself. God is my confidence and God is my hope. Regardless of my circumstances or my efforts I know God’s will will be done.
It is God who directs my path it is God who breathes in His will. I am confident in that.
Will we seek confidence in our fear of the LORD today or in the LORD alone?
Today’s Prayer: LORD, You are my confidence. I confess my hope is in You and not in how well I can fear or act. LORD, fill me with Your will today. I place all of my life and my hope in Your hands. I cry out for Your Wisdom and Your knowledge to flow through me as I have not these things in my own strength. Amen
Tom Raines
Christian Affirmations 4 Life
Originally posted 3/2/2012
Amen!!! And once again, I’d never noticed this particular Scripture.
Julie, God is so good to us and reveals to us His desires in His Word. I am confident in that:) Blessings and confidence.
Again, thanks for these encouraging words from our Lord. Praise be to God!
Thanks Sheryl, all glory and praise is His. Blessings and praise.
Amen, Tom! Lord, my confidence and hope are in You. Lord, direct my path and let only Your will be done in my life today! Amen and Amen!
Amen Debby, we are joined in this prayer and we can be confident that He hears us and is here with us! Blessings and confidence.
Thank you, Tom.
Thank you to you too Meg! Blessings and confidence.
Amen and thank you.
Thank you Sue! Blessings and confidence.
Oh, this is so good .. .and so sneaky of the enemy to try to slip in that our confidence is in our fear of God and our integrity is our hope. Thank you, Tom, for proclaiming that He is our confidence and hope! God bless you!
Thanks Deb, yes the enemy is sneaky and persistent but is no match for our God. Hoping to dwell with God always so not to give the enemy a foothold. I am weak but know our God is strong. I am only confident in Him. Blessings and confidence!
Thank you Maria. We can be confident in who God is and that He loves us and will care for us. I am confident in Him and His love. Thank you for stopping by and I hope to hear from you again:) Praying now you have confidence in Him. Blessings and confidence.