I lost my confidence

When you lose your confidence it doesn't feel good.
In fact it can make a lot of other areas not feel good or right as well...
Lost confidence effects your mind, will and emotions.
By definition - it aint good!

So have you lost confidence lately?
Maybe in your career, your marriage or your ministry?
Maybe you have been wrestling with your confidence in God?

My hope is that this little example that has been helping me may also help you...

Around 3 years a go I first hurt my achilles.
As someone who really enjoys running this has been a challenge to me. Not only have I struggled to overcome it, I discovered it had sapped my confidence.
Every time I thought was getting better it wasn't.
Time wasn't healing it.
Resting wasn't healing it.

I decided I had to get over myself and my stubborn pride and visit a physiotherapist.
To be honest I was partly waiting for them to tell me my worst fears were founded. My achilles is not fixable. That maybe due to my age I should hang up my running shoes and take up lawn bowls?

But to my surprise the very opposite happened...

They told me they believe it is fixable. That I can be well again.
All of my sudden I felt my confidence slowly built even as they spoke.
Hope that I could be better and train properly bubbled up again.
I had walked into the clinic without much hope and left with hope rising.
My confidence barometer had started to climb again.

As I thought about all this I was struck by the fact God might be showing me something bigger than my challenge to my confidence, my achilles, to something that could help you and me at the same time.

If you have lost confidence here are 2 things I think you need right now.

Be Honest / Be Humble / Ask for Help
When confidence is low or you feel it is gone, the worst thing to probably do is attempt to rebuild it on your own. On your own you got to this point, with the right help you can rise again.
Put your hand up for help.
Be honest.

Understand that true confidence is not in you on your own.
I have discovered that confidence has come in many areas of my life not just thorough success, even though this makes a huge difference, but through someone else or maybe a few someone's.
If confidence was just a 'you' thing then talk yourself into it...go on!

The more realistic result achiever is to listen to someone who is either better than you, more experienced than you etc.
I went to a physio and they helped me grow in confidence.
Maybe for more personal or spiritual matters you could seek out a leader, a pastor, a trusted friend and even God?

Have you ever meet someone who is mega confident but potentially a bit deluded on their abilities or who they really are? There is mere confidence in themselves which has the potential to tip over to pride.
I am talking today about confidence within that is mastered with something greater from outside us, around us and for us.

...being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. 
Philippians 1:6 niv

I remain confident of this:
    I will see the goodness of the Lord
    in the land of the living.
Psalm 27:13 niv

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 4:16 niv

Something to think about...