Daily Devotional
Do You Have Confidence in Yourself?

November 18, 2024

Ponder This

I’ve preached enough to know there are services where there is no conviction. My heart grieves and I wonder, “Lord, is it me? Am I the one that has failed to pray and seek your face?” Have you been in a service when you just couldn’t explain why or how, but the people began to weep or tremble, and you have sensed the Spirit of God moving among you? Don’t just saunter in here and sit down without praying, “Oh, God, send Your convicting power.”

We all need that conviction to move toward repentance. To repent means to change your mind about sin, self, and Jesus.

Maybe you think, “I can’t. I don’t have what it takes to overcome this sin.” You have no confidence in the flesh. So, repentance is also a change of mind about Jesus Christ, about God himself. You’re acknowledging you have no hope in yourself. Instead, you’re saying, “He is my only hope. I put my faith where God has put my sins—upon the Lord Jesus Christ.” And that is a conversion. Repentance and faith are the heads and tails of the same coin. You cannot turn to God without turning from sin.

• Even after conversion, we sin and turn away from God sometimes. When was the last time you repented and turned toward God?
• How has God changed your mind and heart about the way you have seen yourself, Him, and the world around you?

Practice This

Share a testimony with someone about how God has changed you.