Our Journey’s: What God’s Teaching Me
Brittany Minard
I have always appeared to be very confident, but most of my life my confidence has been rooted in all the wrong things. I’m Brittany from the morning Journey and most of my confidence and identity have been rooted in achievement.
When I was in school it was easy to feel confident because I made good grades. As I got older I started to get my confidence in my looks, and the attention that brought me. Then when I excelled in my career path I started to shift my confidence there, and most recently I have found my confidence to be rooted in my relationships, especially with friends.
What’s wrong with finding my confidence in these things, is that they are empty. When I didn’t have grades, a career, felt ugly, or had a fall out with my friends it wrecked me. I found myself floundering, looking for assurance in all the wrong places, and mostly looking inward at myself instead of towards Christ.
I found myself starting to sing the Sanctus real song Confidence that you hear on The Journey. “You took a shepherd boy, And made him a King, So I’m gonna trust you and give you everything, I’ll be a conquerer, ‘Cause you fight for me, I’ll be a champion claiming your victory, So give me faith like Daniel in the lion’s den, Give me hope like Moses in the wilderness, Give me a heart like David, Lord be my defense, So I can face my giants with confidence”
Recently God led me to a post by Lynn Cowell, where she reminds us that one of Satan’s greatest tactics is distracting us from the Holy Spirit that lives inside us. That is where our confidence should come from. I have found that when I fix my eyes on Jesus, nothing can shake my confidence. It’s freeing, empowering, and something that no one can take from me. Don’t let the enemy distract you from Jesus and who he says you are!