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At work today, we were asked, “If you were stranded on an island, what one movie would you have with you?” My answer was The Sound of Music, a favorite for many reasons, not the least of which is the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Classics like My Favorite Things, Do-Re-Mi, and Climb Every Mountain, evoke all kinds of emotions and introspection. I’ve been humming “I Have Confidence,” which chronicles the lead character Maria’s (Julie Andrews) journey moving from her calling as a nun to that of a nanny of the Von Trapp Children. As she walks the road to her new destiny she has mixed feelings of energy, excitement, fear and doubt. Maria’s voice crescendos as she sings and dances with bravado into the chorus, “All I trust I leave my heart to, All I trust becomes my own! I have confidence in confidence alone! Besides which you see, I have confidence in me!”
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others that God wants to heal. The folks Israel feared were terrified of them! Caleb and Joshua weren’t being prideful, they were confident and courageous. The presence and power of the LORD was with them, so they were not weak or limited. The enemy wants you to think you’re going it alone. He wants you to believe that everyone else is better and you don’t belong in the greatness to which the LORD has called you. I’m glad that the accuser is NOT the decision maker. Let’s say like Paul, “Now all glory to God, who is able through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” (Ephesians 3:20) Intimidated? Say, I choose today have CONFIDENCE in God and in me.
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