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Daily Devotion: Philippians 1:6

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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 !!

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