Be Still And Know

Psalm 44:5-7a NLT 'Only by your power can we push back our enemies; only in your name can we trample our foes. I do not trust in my bow; I do not count on my sword to save me. You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies…' My parents were always keen to build my self-confidence. I was encouraged to believe I could achieve what I wanted to. However, my father was told by my secondary school that I wouldn’t achieve the exam results to make A level study worthwhile. Somehow, I scraped sufficient GCE passes to stay on, and then proceeded to flourish, perhaps digging deep and finding the undiscovered learner within me. This taught me my destiny lay within my own hands, a lesson deeply etched into my consciousness through experience. However, my confidence, when placed entirely in myself, easily blinds me to God’s provision. Faced with a problem, I set about drawing on my experience and known strengths to combat and overcome it. Typically, I run out of ideas and I feel overwhelmed. This undermines my self-