God Confidence Defined

If you are putting God first in your life, you will not find yourself laboring under undue anxiety about anything.

—Emmet Fox

Every moment is just as it should be, and each is an opportunity to enhance our connection with God.

The process works, and practice will assuredly produce results. What is God Confidence? It is several things, and there are maybe a few that it is not, but I will start with what it is.

God Confidence is faith, but more so it is faith in action, or actionable belief combined with emotion. The definition of faith is "a belief in that which cannot be seen or proven." God Confidence is certainly that, but the context of faith is more a tenet of religious practice rather than a daily or life exercise. The context of faith is one of a regimen or requirement for being a part of something. You believe in God, and therefore you demonstrate your faith by praying and trusting in God and his promise. And while it may be a matter of semantics, I'd say that God Confidence, or actionable belief combined with emotion, is a step further.

In God Confidence, your actions and emotions are controlled not by the events of the day or by blind trust, but by your personal relationship with God. This is a relationship forged by your internal perspective, and the plan and practice you've established around how you'll live. It is determined by your knowing the laws of the universe and how to apply and abide by them, and thus your emotions are centered in God Confidence.

Furthermore, you believe and exist in an acceptance that all your actions are guided by universal intelligence. You realize that you are a part of that one infinite being, and that your daily actions are in perfect harmony with the universe. These actions, while seemingly nonspiritual, are always, in all ways, connected to and a part of your spiritual being and your human experience. Part of the challenge is that we've always deemed daily life and spiritual life as separate. We work during the week, go to church on Sunday, and nary the two shall meet ... while in fact they meet all the time, but we're just not aware of it. Becoming aware of it is how we build a God Confident life. We begin by recognizing, accepting, and running with the idea that we are always connected, and we can do things in our daily lives that support and strengthen the connection with God and all other beings on our planet.

Something to consider in defining God Confidence is knowing versus acting. We may know a lot of things, but we often don't act on them. God Confidence means acting with the confidence of knowing, living, and doing in harmony, and in a deliberate and intentional manner. Thus, all of these "knowings" assume action and integration into our daily lives. The following are some examples of God Confident knowings:

Spiritual Knowings

• knowing the power of God is within you

• knowing you are right when you do all things in accordance with spiritual law

• knowing you don't need or want to judge everything and anything

• knowing what a powerful presence you are, just as you are

• knowing everything is and was a thought before it was a thing

• knowing that prayer/meditation/quiet time, or the like, is your time to talk and listen to God

• knowing that any time is your time to talk and listen to God

• knowing that the universe guides you

• knowing that you are a spiritual being always connected to the infinite, despite times when your awareness wanes

• knowing a smile is really one of the greatest gifts you can give to someone—and to yourself

• knowing there is always enough

Personal/Relationship Knowings

• knowing that others can be right, and you can let them be right

• knowing that everyone (including you) always tries their best at this particular moment in time

• knowing that while someone's best may not meet your expectations, you can still accept their actions

• knowing that your responsibilities to others are perfect for you at this point in time

• knowing that you can learn, seek advice, get help; that all are tools for you as you build your life

• knowing it really is your world, and everyone else is just living in it—what kind of world do you want?

• knowing you don't necessarily have to know the reason right now

• knowing that the timing of a circumstance or event is not always reasonable (Why did that have to happen now?), but it always has a reason

• knowing you are okay regardless of the circumstance and despite not knowing what the reason is ("Ours is not to reason why ...")

• knowing that acceptance of a thing is not defeat; it is, in fact, a victory

• knowing that you are in control and can choose kindness, love, joy, or humor at any time for any reason, as you are the reason for it all anyway

Activity/Material Knowings

• knowing you're exactly where you need to be at this moment

• knowing you can create your future

• knowing there is always time

• knowing we are all great in our own way, so find your way and relish it

• knowing no one else needs to know what our greatness is

• knowing it is all temporary, and because of this, any time could be our last moment, or our first moment

• knowing that every new beginning is some other beginning's end

• knowing that the more we practice, the better we become—at anything, including spiritual practices

• knowing the timing of the receipt of our desires and intentions is not exclusively ours to define

And finally,

• knowing that you know all of the things above and that you can act like you know them

The context of God Confidence is acting like you truly believe you are in control. There is a bigger presence than you at work, and the activation of that presence is a matter of choice by you. God Confidence is the faith, knowledge, and willingness to live your life by taking action and moving forward based on confidence. As Norman Vincent Peale once said, "Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy."

If I believe or have faith in something in the context of God Confidence, this means I'll do things throughout the day that engage, nurture, and support that belief, or more correctly, that feeling. You see, God Confidence is as much feeling, and working with that feeling, as it is anything else. Ester and Jerry Hicks have several books in which they share their conversations with Abraham (a spiritual collective) and note that emotions serve as our internal guidance system. This guidance system lets us...