There is something amazing about recognizing that my worth, my identity, and my purpose stem from the unchanging cornerstone of the universe, Jesus Christ. I have confidence in Christ because no matter my circumstance, attitude, or action, he is unfailingly faithful.
Confident in Christ
It’s odd to me that I feel more confident in Christ at the end of this summer. It’s been two months since I last posted on the blog. For me, this practice of blogging the interesting things of my faith has become a barometer of my spiritual priorities. Am I making time to study and reflect?
But, it has been a long, busy summer. There has been a lot of personal and family travel and volunteering with my church. Two summer camps, full of good memories. But, the pace of my schedule eclipsed my ability to think and write.
Normally, this would have started a spiral toward guilt and shame. But, looking at the biggest things on my schedule which ate away my time, I wouldn’t change them. Pouring into the girls this summer to make special memories. Volunteering at the weeklong summer camps at my church. These are top priorities, for me.
Those summer camps are such a staple of the ministry that we do with those kids. I got to speak with kids from kindergarten through seniors in high school, and every single one that I got close to told me about something difficult they were facing in their lives.
Each of them needed to experience the power of Christ in real, tangible ways–that same as I have, and still do. So, while my sense of purpose shifted this summer to more in-person interactions, it certainly didn’t diminish!
Confidence in Christ
I have spent most of my adult life feeling like an imposter in every friend group. Going to concerts has rarely appealed, because I never felt like I was really a fan. I didn’t know all the words, I couldn’t tell them how they’d changed my life, etc.
There’s very little in my life at which I consider myself as being superlative. I’ve never been the fastest, strongest, smartest, etc. I measure myself on the whole as slightly above average. And, I’m ok with that.
But, the idea that I would draw confidence from my own abilities, when I have seen all the ways I’ve failed… Thanks, I’ll pass. Centering myself instead in Christ, knowing where my worth and purpose come from, gives me confidence that I have never before experienced.
Confidence in Christ Verse
It’s one thing to write anecdotally about my confidence in Christ. But, the truth is that I didn’t even come to this realization on my own. It’s all there in His word to me, an eternal love letter that I am still only learning to grasp.
Here are some of the verses which help me to grasp my identity and my purpose with confidence:
Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Ephesians 1:5
He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.
Isaiah 55:11
“So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.”
Philippians 1:6
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Romans 8:37-39
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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