By Olubunmi Adebayo
Without being proud, we all need self-confidence for our journey of life.
Self-confidence is your state of self-assurance, that is, your quality of mind that you have what it takes to move forward in your journey of progressing.
Know that to believe in yourself is not self pride. This is because confidence is an asset you can’t afford NOT to have.
Confidence is an asset that situations and circumstances around you may want to deny you by the reason of what you face daily, but which you can’t afford to deny yourself.
Hear the mind of God on this :
“For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not”.(Is.30:15)
Self-confidence is not to make you proud or make you act as if you don’t need God. Rather it is a measure of assurance that you believe in what you believe as packaged into you by God.
The question should be asked : “who will believe in you, if you don’t believe in yourself?”
The question above is the essence of confidence. You need it, I also need it.
It is needed in our daily assignments and in the pursuit of our life goals and life activities.
Why confidence?
This is because, self assurance, one of the critical components of confidence is key and crucial in assurance.
A man must have confidence, but not ego. If your belief is based on the exclusive belief in yourself, you will develop an EGO, big time. And ego is not good for any man. But even while you believe in God, such a belief must still translate into you believing in what God has put in you – David showed this when he got to the scene where Goliath was boasting.
A man who does not believe in himself has lost the battle even before stepping out.
Take for example, confidence should not necessarily be based on having all the resources needed for a given assignment or situation, rather on the truth you understand and implicitly believe in and ready to commit into actions.
Confidence also helps in ensuring that a man does not suffer from identity crisis, such that a man may not be able to deliver on the terms of the expectations set before him, since he doesn’t know who he really is.
Self -confidence thrives on who you believe in as being in you :
“To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory”.(Gal 1:27).
This assurance ensures a feeling of certainty around you. A firm trust or belief. It gives you boldness, and takes timidity far away from you in your going forward.
Do enjoy your presence before God today 👍
©️ Olubunmi S Adebayo.
