"Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward."
Hebrews 10:35
We don't build true confidence on our own. Our human nature is too weak, unstable, and highly vulnerable to different life circumstances. We break mentally and emotionally easily. Even those we consider highly confident have their moments of vulnerability and break down.
We develop true confidence through a genuine relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the rock of ages; He is immovable, constant, consistent, secure, and unchangeable.
Abraham Lincoln, a professing Christian, said, "The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just." Lincoln's confidence in doing what was right was more important than doing what was popular.
Lincoln was a man of confidence, but not as self-confident as he was Christ-confident and cause-confident. He was so confident in his cause that he would speak boldly about slavery even in hostile environments, challenging those who supported it; "Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."
1. Confidence in the Cause
When believers embrace their cause, which is to share the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ with every person they come in contact with, their level of confidence increases in every aspect of their lives. Whether it is in public speaking, starting a project, or making a personal presentation (to name a few areas), their lives are positively affected by embracing our higher cause.
Having confidence in your cause is not based on calculating the odds; It is based on being courageous enough to do what needs to be done.
Many people feel they need to know every detail to be confident in a task, but confidence is more than knowledge. It is about believing in your ability to make things work. It is the trust in God that empowers you to keep moving forward, even when you're not sure what lies ahead.
2. Confidence Allows Us to Break Through Our Limits and Expand our Borders
If we only move forward in areas familiar to us, we will never explore more significant opportunities.
Limiting ourselves to only act on what we are comfortable with will only get us the same results we've always obtained.
We must be willing to step out in confidence and break the comfort barrier. T.S. Elliot said, "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."
3. All Growth Takes Place Outside of Our Perceived Limits
Author Neale Donald Walsch said, "Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."
You will never reach your potential by doing what you are comfortable doing as a leader, and your team will never reach their potential by only doing what they are comfortable doing. You will have to venture out into areas you know nothing about to know something about them eventually.
4. It Takes Action to Get a Result
You cannot get better at the things you have never done unless you do them.
To improve a result, you first have to get a result. Never allow indecision and procrastination to characterize your leadership, or you'll get stuck in the paralysis of analysis. Be confident in the vision as you keep stretching people to push it forward.
To grow, you have to step out of the comfort zone and into the confidence zone.
Have a blessed week,
Pastor (Rev. Elias Limones)
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