hI know it’s April, and most people share their Word of the year near January. One of my goals for this year was to get my blog up and running. Just now, I am making it happen.
Last year, I heard Lara Casey speak on a podcast and talk about her Power Sheets from Cultivate What Matters. I also learned about her podcast, and I started listening to it. It was so good!
Then I heard Youtuber Plan with Laken talk about the Power Sheets, and after I heard her raving about them, I knew I was going to get them. Once they arrived, I knew I had to get one for my mom, my sister, my daughter, and my best friend.
Lara talks about choosing a “Word of the year,” and I struggled to find mine. Last year was so hard for me. It felt like a rug was pulled out from under my feet in so many areas of my life; I felt like I was losing control of everything.
As I prayed to the Lord for a “Word of the year,” the word “Confidence” kept coming up over and over.
Confidence
When I was praying about what the Lord would like my Word of the year to be, I heard confidence everywhere, I saw it everywhere.
There were hard choices I was facing, and it looked like some of those choices could affect the rest of my life. How did I know which choice to make?
Doubt has always been a personal struggle of mine, especially when it comes to making a fork in the road decisions.
As I prayed more about this Word, God began showing me that I have lacked a lot of confidence in him, which, in turn, caused a lack of self-confidence. I was listening to too many opinions without first taking it to the Lord.
Sometimes I even lacked “confidence” that I had chosen the right word.
The Lord was showing me, as long as my confidence is in Him, His Promises, and His leading of my life, I can have the self-confidence that I am making God decisions! He has even pointed that out to me in His Word:
Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
I John 5:14-15
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Proverbs 3:26
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Miracles
As 2019 came to a close and the new year a beginning, a miracle happened. I didn’t have to make the decisions I thought I had to. God stepped in. I saw that my word wasn’t really about me having confidence in myself, but having the confidence that I can move through this year and life confident that the Lord will always lead me and help me. I do not need to worry or fear I am doing something wrong or making a bad choice as long as I put my confidence in the Lord to lead me.
2020, has brought on a whole set of new challenges for all of us. It’s been concerning and sometimes scary to think about what the future may hold. However, looking back on one of the hardest years of my life, and seeing God actively at work, allows me to have the confidence to face this year and the future.
God knew what he was doing when he showed me my word of the year should be confidence!
Proverbs 3-5-6
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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