Philippians 1:6 "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ"
Confidence is a good thing. Being overconfident can lead to trouble. Those two
statements refer to a thing called self-confidence. It's wonderful to
have confidence in other people. It's nice to know that when certain people
tell you that they are going to do something, you can be confident that they
will follow through with that. It seems to me that confidence comes with
experience and ability. To use a natural example, I am enjoying the privilege
of playing more golf than I've ever played in my life. I'm experiencing the
privilege to play on courses that I've never played. As I go each week, I find
my confidence wavers quite a bit. It seems if I hit two semi-good shots, then a
bad shot will follow that. My confidence is building slowly, but there is
always something that happens that seems to shake me and takes me away from
concentration on the game. Hopefully, it will improve. But right now my
confidence in my game is not at a very high level.
I use the natural to show that there are things in this life that can shake us
and cause us to question ourselves. We can be shaken to the point that we
question our ability to perform the tasks at hand. The more we allow the
questions to float around in our minds, the more we are shaken in our ability.
But today's text is not about our ability. Today's text refers us to the
ability of the Lord God Almighty. I will go so far as to say it's okay to
question our ability as long as we can maintain our confidence in the power,
mercy, grace, and love of our Lord Jesus Christ. He has begun a good work in us
through redemption by His precious blood. He has begun a good work in us by
sending His Holy Spirit into our hearts to regenerate a heart filled with His
love and grace. He has begun a good work in us by calling us from darkness to
His marvelous light. He has begun a good work in us by leading us in the paths
of righteousness. If we can say those things, then we can also know that
Philippians 1:6 is an absolute truth. We can be "confident of this very
thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the
day of Jesus Christ." Thank you Lord !!