Self-Confidence
“Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more.”~ Phil. 3:4
“Have no confidence in the flesh.”~ Phil. 3:3
Anyone who does is trusting in (leaning on), a broken reed. The greatest authority who ever lived told us, “The flesh is weak.” Therefore, self-confidence shows the weakness of an individual.
God never asks us to believe in ourselves, but to believe in Him. The wise man put it this way, ““For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.” There is a worldly song I like, called “I Did it My Way.” Except I sing it, “I did it His way.”
The problem with self-centeredness is that the true center is not central. “And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.” The man or woman who boasts of their self-confidence, as G.K Chesterton wrote, is like “Wreathing laurels in your hair and sticking straws in it.”
As someone else commented concerning a self-assured man, “He is attentive to his own applause.”
by an Aged Saint