Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews 4:16 ESV)
Confidence
My granddaughter swings like a wild animal. When recently she visited our back yard, she gleefully ran out to our swing, mounted up, and with a “WEEEEEE” defied gravity, centripetal force, and all common sense. She was swinging in circles, twists, and bumpy change of direction, and I panicked. I reached out and grabbed the swing and asked her, “Why were you swinging so wildly?”
She smiled at me and said, “I knew you’d catch me.”
Her confidence, although perhaps misplaced, was similar to the confidence that the author of the book of Hebrews displays.
We do not approach God’s ruling throne with self-confidence.
Rather, the very throne is here called the throne of GRACE.
Undeserved favor.
God’s Riches at Christ’s Expense.
And confidence in God’s willingness to be gracious and merciful is confidence indeed.
We are peculiar, we can have confidence.