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Confidence — Part 2
Another dictionary definition of the word “confidence” is as follows:
“Full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing.”
As our verses indicated yesterday, there is one person, and one alone, that we can and should have confidence in. “For THE LORD shall be thy confidence” (Proverbs 3:26). Solomon goes on to tell us, “In the fear of THE LORD is strong confidence” (Proverbs 14:26).
This is the One who will never let you down. He may not always arrange things in the way that you thought they should be, or make things happen as quickly as you would like. It may even seem sometimes that your prayers are not answered, but don’t lose confidence in the Lord. King David had many problems and enemies, but he had the Lord, and could say, “Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident” (Psalm 27:3).
So much does the Lord value our trust that He encourages and promises, “Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward” (Hebrews 10:35).
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