Confidence and Overconfidence

Matthew 16:15-18

We all know how great we feel when we feel confident of ourselves and our situation. It’s great, isn’t it? We feel like we can “take on the world” and do anything we set our minds to. But, honestly, in our lives: how long has that confidence lasted once we’ve run into real opposition, or challenges? Peter felt very confident. How long would that last?

Questions for further thought:
1. Have you ever felt a twinge of doubt with all of that confidence?
2. How did you deal with the doubt that, maybe, everything (at the moment) might be “too good to be true?”

​Challenge: Lord, it is good to feel confident, particularly in your will and goodness and love for us. But, Lord, help us to deal with doubts that come in, and also help us to not feel overconfident, as that will lead us into trouble. In your name, Amen.