Hebrews 10:32-38 Phillips; You must never forget those past days when you had received the light and went through such a great and painful struggle. It was partly because everyone’s eye was on you as you endured harsh words and hard experiences, partly because you threw in your lot with those who suffered much the same. You sympathised with those who were put in prison and you were cheerful when your own goods were confiscated, for you knew that you had a much more solid and lasting treasure in Heaven. Don’t throw away your trust now—it carries with it a rich reward in the world to come. Patient endurance is what you need if, after doing God’s will, you are to receive what he has promised. ‘For yet a little while, and he who is coming will come and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul has no pleasure in him’.

Last night as I lay in bed, I heard the verse, “Cast not away your confidence,” over and over in my head. Such a simple but hard thing to do when you’re in the middle of a hard thing, a tough situation or trial. When things are just not panning out the way you thought they would or when your promises allude your grasp. Confidence in someone or something other than yourself. Faith or trust in the unseen verses the seen. What are we to do? “Don’t throw away your trust now!”

Yesterday, after listening to a message I had taped by Creflo Dollar and meditating on it all day, I posted on Facebook; ‘When you give thanks for your little, you invoke a powerful blessing from God. Remember the loaves and fishes. They were a snack, but when Jesus thanked the Father, it became a buffet for upwards of 20,000. Only God can multiply like that.’ Jesus always took whatever God provided and gave thanks, knowing that the Father was well able to multiply it. Confidence. He didn’t look at the disciples and say, “Really? 3 loaves and 2 fish? What the heck am I suppose to do with this?” He didn’t say, “Thanks, guys! I was hungry!” to eat it while the rest went hungry. Perhaps that’s been our problem all along, we forget to give thanks.

How many times have you sat to do your bills, trying to stretch the money to cover everything? How many times have you withheld Gods tithes because there just wasn’t enough? How many times have you struggled with giving in obedience because you only had enough for you and your own? Perhaps if you were to stop and say, ‘Thank you Father for what you’ve given me, here is your portion, the rest I thank you that you’ll cause to be more than enough to give into every good work according to your Word. Thank you that you rebuke the devourer off my finances. And because I bring the tithes to you, you pour out a blessing that I don’t even have room to contain.’ Now, ask the Lord what you’re to do and he will show you. When he does, do it! Trust in HIS ability instead of your own. It’s how you’ll see multiplication happen.

I’m not talking about giving to get. It’s not about that at all and if your heart is after money and not after God, this won’t work for you. But if you simply trust God (what you don’t see) more than the pile of bills on your table (what you see) and don’t cast away your confidence, as you make that transition, you’ll find a shift in the atmosphere and things will turn around for you. As it says in Matthew 6:21, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

Father, you are my treasure and my heart seeks after you. There is nothing in this life that is more important than you, nothing of value but you. As I fall more deeply in love with you, I begin to love myself so that I can love others. It’s no longer me that lives, but you that lives in me. Regardless of the pressures I face in this life, my hope, trust and confidence remains steadfastly rooted and grounded in Love. You are the very foundation of my life. When my earth quakes, you’re my Rock that doesn’t move. When I’m in need, you’re my Provider. When the rains beat on my life and the waters rise and try to wash me away, you are my Shelter. I will not trust in man, myself or my abilities, my heart trusts in You. I thank you that you’ve provided everything I need for life. When I needed a Savior, you sent your Son. I am more confident then ever that you are able to keep what I’ve committed to you. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.