Confidence = Obedience?

‘’7 So Jesus went with them.He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8 [...]9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.”  Luke 7: 7-9

If you take a look in the bible in the book of Hebrews 11:1, you’ll read that faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. That is the best definition of faith and it’s also the toughest problem that christians deal with everyday. Knowing the truth in life is a the most wonderful gift on earth. But this gift is left unopen when we don’t apply, shout, proclaim, praise, sing, pray this truth that God is God, and Jesus is his son, and he died for us. The gift is useless if you don’t open it. Yes, you know you have a gift, but it’s just there, waiting for you to be open. In this verse, the centurion knows the truth and he applies it. God is asking you for one thing today: will you trust me? To open this wonderful gift, you just have to trust the Lord and he will bless you.

Also, trusting him is easy to say. In life, there will be moments where you have to take decisions, and you might fall. It will be hard, but remember, the eagle was not born flying. As it grows up, the eagle mother take apart the nest so that slowly the eaglet learn to have confidence and it takes off. 

God is not waiting there all day long to bother you with problems in life, He just wants  you to learn and to rely on him. And that is now we obey Him.

Confidence = obedience!