Where Does Your Confidence Come From? | Job 4:6
- Christian Lifter
- Jun 2
- 2 min read
Devotional
“Is not your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?”
On my current yearly read-through of the Bible, I find myself in the middle of Job as we transition from strength training to overall fitness. Job was a man tested by the devil and was forced through many challenges and obstacles to test his faith.
His story is one of my favorites and teaches us a memorable lesson of where to find our confidence during challenges.
Job lost his family, wealth, and health. He even regretted his own existence, but he never wavered in his faith in God. Despite his suffering and despair, Eliphaz reminded Job of where true confidence should be found.
Job feared the Lord and lived with uprightness and integrity. This allowed him to remain faithful through challenges.
Where do you find your confidence?
As we move into strength and conditioning, we must have the faith of Job. We will face challenges and, like Job, we may question why we must do something that we do not enjoy. We will sweat more than we may be used to and we may be a little more tired the following day, but it is all for the benefit of our overall health.
We’ve spent the last 5 weeks getting strong, but conditioning is different. Progressive overload on a barbell can boost confidence, but lying on the floor out of breath after a round of conditioning is humbling.
So what will we do when it gets hard?
We will draw our confidence from God, just like Job. Job’s story ends with restoration, but his confidence in God came long before his circumstances improved.
Confidence built on comfort disappears when trials come. Confidence built on God remains.
Workout
Our push, pull, leg structure will look a little different than in our last program. It will be split in two distinct sections: a strength block and a conditioning block. This will allow us to still train for strength, while also implementing circuits to improve our fitness.
Push Day
Strength
Bench Press: 3x10
Seated DB Shoulder Press: 3x10
Weighted Dips: 3x10
Conditioning - 3 round circuit
Push-ups: 12 reps
One-arm Tricep Extension: 12 reps
Planks: 45 seconds