Confident in Christ - Know That You Know, That You Know, That You Know

There are some things that we just know.

We know there are 24 hours in a day. We know there are 365 days in a year, unless it’s leap year of course. We know grass is green and the sky is blue. If someone told us we were wrong we could argue until we were blue in the face that we are right. I’d say we were sure or confident.

Confident can be defined as having strong belief or full assurance.

Now let me ask you a question.

You know you were born and you know that God gave you life.

You know that God enables you to walk, to talk, to breathe, to think.

To reason and make decisions.

When we think about it, it’s God that gives us the ability to do everything.

So here’s my question. Knowing all that we’ve just said that we know, why is it that when things feel – here we go with our emotions and our flesh. Why is it that when we encounter things that we feel are beyond our natural ability we lose our confidence? We begin to doubt.

We quickly go from God can, God can, God can, to I can’t, I can’t, I can’t. Well you couldn’t in the first place. 

It’s been God all along.

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

John 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing

Jeremiah 32:27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

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Carefree Living

I’m a person that is naturally concerned, prone to worry or anxious. My concern is usually about someone else, wanting to make sure everything is okay with them.

I’ve learned over the years how to temper my concern for others, while at the same time realizing my concern when tempered is also my gift. It is the gift of exhortation or encouraging others to be all that God has created them to be as they live according to his word.

I think each of us have a natural makeup, or way of being.

Some people are naturally happy and joyful, while others seem to be angry. Some people are suspicious while others are trusting.

Who are you?  How would you describe yourself? How would others describe you?

I believe our natural or pre salvation behaviors become tempered and aligned with God’s will when we become saved.

For example I’ve told you I’ve always been a believer and trusted people, expecting them to be true to their promises. With salvation and the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit my trust is no longer misguided. My trust is in God and not in man. I may believe man or a person is capable of doing something but I understand that whatever they can do it is because God has predestined them to do it.

My over concern for my fellow man has now been channeled into praying for those that are oppressed, or need change, as well as providing Godly counsel rather than trying to fix the person or fix circumstances.  

Yet, at times I still struggle with carrying burdens that I shouldn’t.

I want to talk to you about being careful, or anxious, carefree, and careless.

Would you say you fall into any of these categories?

Careful or anxious can be described as full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger, or I would say perceived danger or misfortune as sometimes the danger or misfortune that we fear is perceived. Oftentimes we may not know what is going to happen, but fear the worse.

Careless may be described as not caring or troubling; having no care or concern; unconcerned.

And carefree is without anxiety or worry.

I’m striving to be carefree. That’s where I believe God wants all of His children to be. Carefree doesn’t mean you do not have compassion. It means you don’t allow your compassion to overwhelm you, causing anxiety and worry.

A carefree life is a life of rest. A life of resting in God.  When we learn to rest in God we are able to cast our cares and truly live a carefree life. What kind of life do you want to live?

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