Faithful Confidence

But Jesus answered and said, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to Him, “We are able.” Matthew 20:22

Simple words, easily spoken, "We are able." In many cases, we have no idea whether we are able or not, but James and John in that moment were confident. They didn't know what they were asking, so it may be that their confidence also came from ignorance. Seldom are we more confident in our own abilities than when we know nothing about the challenges ahead of us. Yet, if we did know all that may come tomorrow, we might never go out either. So maybe we need a better confidence than that which comes from ourselves. As James, John, and many of the saints to come learned before us, we can come to Jesus in faith and say, "You, Lord, are able!"

In the confidence of faith in Christ Jesus,

Bucky