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
A-men!!! Thanks, Tom for this is my prayer as well for it is only in His strength that I can do all things. Lord, let your will be done today and not mine.
Amen Debby, praying with you sister!
“God is my confidence and God is my hope. Regardless of my circumstances or efforts I know God’s will will be done.” Amen! Thank you, Cindy
Thank you Cindy for visiting and confirming. Blessings!
Tom,
I too had my little pity party the other day, but with help from another christian sister and, of course, the Lord, I realize God is my hope! This post from you just confirmed it all!!! God is so good to me. Thanks Tom, Mary
Yes Mary, God is so Great!! Thank you for letting me know of God’s confirmation! Welcome and I look forward to hearing from you again!
YES, AMEN!!
The LORD Jehovah alone is my strength and my hope;
He is Everything: His love and power everlasting in scope.
In Jesus I live eternally, for His blood does cleanse and atone.
So it is in my Savior whom I trust, yes, it is in the LORD alone!
Thank you, Tom, for placing your confidence in the Lord alone – and for letting His Spirit guide you in your journey and in your writing! May God bless you bountifully, my dear brother!
Thank you Caroline for your presence and your gifts! Yes our LORD Jehovah is everything and how comforting that is!! Bountiful blessings to you my poetic friend!
You are such an encouragement to me, Tom!
Thank you, and may God richly bless your heart for Him!
Yes, the Lord is my confidence and, indeed, my Everything;
He is the Center of my life, the Reason my heart does sing!
I commit my all to my Lord, for He poured out His all for me;
Jehovah is my Rock, my Strength, He is all I seek and all I see!
How am I going to have time to memorize these verses you write, ha! Thank you for taking my affirmations and turning them into things of beauty! In many fewer words I may add! Blessings!
Amen! Thank you for this today, Tom. I only wish I would have read it earlier today.
Lord, I place all of my life and my hope and MY ATTITUDE in your hands!
Blessings to you, Tom.
Thank you Katy! Yes, let’s give Him ALL! I appreciate your blessings, confirmation and comment and so thankful this offering touched you today! Blessings!
And God is my confidence. “in my weakness, He is strong.”
Amen Patsy, great to hear from you! Yes, He is strong!