Confidence

Normally I am a fairly confident fellow. I don’t think that I am smug or arrogant, although in some situations it may appear so. It is just that at age 71, I have pretty much figured out what I can and can’t do. I stay away from the things that I know I can’t do and gravitate toward the things I can. Often I am wrong about these assessments, however, and find that I can’t do what I thought that I could do.

One area that I am not at all confident in is interpersonal relationships. As an introvert I rarely know how to approach another person. This has gotten so bad that my wife makes and receives almost all phone calls in our household. Often I will just stay off to the side in gatherings. I will talk to people who approach me, but will rarely initiate a conversation.

Fortunately, God has given me a promise for approaching Him. Ephesians 3:11-12 says, “This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.” So because I have faith in Jesus, He says that I can come to Him in boldness and confidence. In fact, it has always been His purpose for me to have this type of access to Him. He has the same purpose for you. So won’t you come to Him in faith?