CONFIDENT
Wk 10 Day 5
Job 21:34
34 "So how can you console me with your nonsense?
Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!"
Regardless of all the "discouraging encouragements" Job's friends have given him, he knew the truth inside his heart. He knew his status between him and God - that he remained blameless before Him and clean in his inmost heart. Because of that, he was confident enough to "fight" back with the accusations they've told him. He had the guts to tell them that what they've been telling him was falsehood.
If we are confident in our status with God, it doesn't matter what people say to us. The truth remains the truth and you can never change it.
I must not really care about what people say as long as I am in right standing before God. Sometimes, I do get caught up with what people would say, thus I would act a certain way. Praise God, for the most part, I never really cared that people would say bad things about me because I know where I stand with my Maker. I must continue in doing so... living a life that's blameless before God - in and out; private and public. I will keep my testimony shining so brightly that even those who are "in the light" will see the bright light of Jesus in me.
Lord, thank you because I can be confident in You no matter what people say about me. I pray that you will empower me to only care about what YOU would say about me in front of Your Father in heaven and not with the people surrounding me. Yet, I pray that I will also be an example to everyone that sees me and who I am here on earth. I want to give glory to Your name in all that I do. I pray that you will give me the power and the strength to become who you want me to be. In Jesus' name, amen.
