Learning to Live Untouched by Trouble

Proverbs 19:23   (NIV) - The fear of the LORD leads to life: Then one rests content, untouched by trouble.

God-confidence vs. self-confidence – one is driven by faith, the other by sight. Disappointment, discouragement and despair can dog a leader – or any person. It is the discipline of the will that does not let disappointment lead to the others. That discipline, for the Believer, has a solid core, driven deep into the bedrock of faith. Fearing God is not a trivial thing, or easily grasped and held on to. It is the opposite of self-reliance and yet, paradoxically, the more we rely on Him, the more confident we appear to others. "Untouched by trouble" is not about circumstances, but about our attitude born of faith about what's happening.  Got faith? You got attitude.

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