WALKING IN CONFIDENCE WITH GOD

Confidence has many meanings. We can be confident in ourselves or our abilities, confident that something will happen, confident about certain facts (including salvation), confident in God's promises. We can also take someone into confidence, which denotes a great deal of trust. Confidence can lead down two tracks: it can lead to a cocky self-confidence, which results in pride and boasting ("I'm the best"), or it can lead to an inner assurance, which produces a healthy self-esteem and a sure conviction of where you are going. The word for confidence is also translated often in the Holy Bible as boldness.