Rightly-Placed Confidence – The Presidential Prayer Team

Do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. – Hebrews 10:35

There are “can do” people and there are “can do it better than you every day with my arms tied behind my back” people! There is a significant difference between confidence and arrogance!

As recorded in the Old Testament of the Bible, the ancient people of Israel were miraculously delivered from slavery in Egypt. As they approached the region God promised to give them, Moses, at God’s direction, sent a leader from each of the twelve tribes to spy out the land (Numbers 13:1). They returned with glowing tales of abundance and beauty but also reported intimidating giants that were deemed by the majority to be unconquerable by desert wanderers such as themselves.

The dramatic report generated fear in the assembly, and they turned on Moses their leader, accusing Him of bringing them to an impregnable place to die. During the drama and panic, two members of the spy team, Joshua and Caleb, spoke to the people, “If the Lord delights in us, He will bring us into this land and give it to us… do not rebel against the Lord and do not fear the people of the land” (Numbers 14:8-9). The confidence these two men had in God contributed to the fledgling nation finding a home that still exists in part today!

Fear focuses on a human lack of ability, but God blesses those who choose to place their confidence in HIS character and strength! If you know Biblical history, then you know Joshua and Caleb were the only two of the twelve spies to eventually possess a piece of that wonderful land. Where are you placing your confidence for America’s future, in armies and wealth or in God? Pray for His blessing to be on the nation today.

Today’s Verse: Hebrews 10:35

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

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Recommended for further reading: Ezekiel 34:11-16

¹¹“For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. ¹²As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. ¹³And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. ¹⁴I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. ¹⁵I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God. ¹⁶I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.