No matter how many wonderful plans God has in mind for you, there is one thing you must know. God's ability to bring His will to pass in your life is
determined by your faith in Him and in His Word. If you truly want to be happy and successful, then you must begin to believe that God has a plan for your life and that He will Cause thing to happen to you as you
put your trust in Him.The devil wants you and me to feel so bad about ourselves that we have no confidence in ourselves. But here is the good news: We don't need confidence in ourselves - we need
confidence in Jesus!
I have confidence in myself only because I know that Christ is in me, ever present and ready to help me with everything that I attempt to do for Him. A believer without confidence is like a
large jumbo jet parked on the runway with no fuel; it looks good on the outside but has no power on the inside. With Jesus inside us, we have the power to do what we could never do on our own.
Jesus died for our
weaknesses and inabilities, and He's willing to impart to us His strength and ability as we place our confidence (our faith) in Him. In John 15:5 He teaches us this important principle...apart from Me (cut off
from vital union with Me) you can do nothing.
Once you learn this truth, your response to the devil's lie, "You can't do anything right," can be, "Perhaps, but Jesus in me can; and He will, because I'm
relying on Him and not on myself. He will cause me to succeed in everything that I put my hand to." (Joshua 1:7)
Or should the enemy say to you, "You're not able to do this, so don't even try, because
you will only fail again, just as you have in the past," your response can be, "It's true that without Jesus, I am not able to do one single thing; but with Him and in Him I can do all that I need to do."
(Philippians 4:13)
Whenever the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future.
