Gaining Confidence – Part 1

And Shimei said as he cursed, "Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man! IISamuel 16:5

This is a very important topic which God put in my heart and helped me to deal with. I believe God will speak to you too, through this particular series and will help you increase in confidence and build you up. I want you to know, confidence is very important. You will have confidence when you have knowledge. When you have knowledge of a particular subject which you are dealing with, you will have confidence to handle it.

Knowledge is the key thing which will help you gain confidence. After knowledge, it is your thought life which helps you to build confidence. Many people lack confidence. Its not because they don't have knowledge or they are not skilled. But because they don't trust or believe in what they know. They always have the fear that they are wrong. They try to please people and hence accept what others say, without considering, whether it is right or wrong, good or bad, helpful or destructive. They take people's opinion and word at its face value and then think upon it so much that it becomes a part of them. Then they start believing that they don't have a particular skillset or knowledge and then suffer. They live in fear and think what others have said about them is right. They start believing that they are well equipped like others. They believe that they are not skilled like others.

In the above passage of IISamuel 16:5, Shimei was cursing David. Curse is nothing but speaking negative about someone. Shimei was speaking all the negative words about David, because he hated David. David was not a man pleaser, but a God pleaser. He knew the truth and the truth had made him free. He knew the truth that the peoples opinion was not the final verdict, but God's opinion was final and it mattered. He didn't respond or react to what Shimei said. He knew that what Shimei was speaking was out of hatred and not the truth. Hence David didn't allow it to impact him. Today make a decision that you will not allow others opinion to affect you. Believe in what God says about you. Don't live in fear. Accept the truth about yourself and work on it. Don't lose your confidence. God bless you

– Jimsen & Sneha