Confident

Devotion for the Week...

I have been looking after toddlers for about 20 years and I’m constantly amazed by their confidence. They sing (sometimes very loudly) while walking down the street; they tell you to watch their cool dance moves; they strike a pose to show off their muscles. There’s a reason there’s a meme floating around that says, “Whatever you do today, do it with the confidence of a 4 year old in a Batman shirt.” Wouldn’t you love to have that kind of confidence??
 
While I don’t have a magic wand to restore us all to toddler levels of confidence, I can tell you one thing we can be completely confident about - our eternity with God. Titus 3:4-7 says, “When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit. He generously poured out the Spirit upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior. Because of his grace he made us right in his sight and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life.” 
 
God hasn’t left us guessing about whether or not we’ll spend eternity with Him. He tells us straight out that we can be confident we will inherit eternal life with Him because of our faith in Jesus as our Savior.

This confidence isn’t dependent on our righteousness, our works or our singing ability. It’s also not hopefulness or wishful thinking. Our confidence comes from the Holy Spirit, who “joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children” (Romans 8:16).