Confidence

1 John 3:21 "And beloved, if our consciences do not accuse us..if they do not make us feel guilty and condemn us..we have confidence (complete assurance and boldness) before God." Amp. Bible

How often I've called you in love and in tenderness.
How often I've sung over you in the night and rejoiced over you in the day.
And yet, how often I've heard you..frustrated with yourself.
I've heard your private battle cry against yourself.

Why? Have I waged war against My beloved?
Have I instructed you to hurl rebukes and angry insults at My chosen?
Am I to wear the uniform of the enemy and take sides against My own? Never!

I am He who calls you to the glorious kingdom of peace and of righteousness.
I am the One who gives you new life, and who takes sin and hatred from you.
Would you accuse me of sending you that which I have freed you from?

When you came, holding your heart out to Me, I lifted you up into My own heart.
I see you as are and precious gem...fitting perfectly in the Father's resplendent heavenly crown. I have made a gem out of you.
I am creating a new heart in you.

And now, you war against that very heart..at times, even devaluing the jewel of God that you are. Peace, I give to you, dear one...peace to be yourself, and to enjoy being the person I have made you to be.

To speak kindly to yourself is to humble yourself.
To hold yourself in esteem is to humble yourself.
To be gentle with yourself is to hold Me in esteem.
Because you love Me, end the war with yourself.

by M. Chapian