Confidence/Competence

I have been lacking in confidence lately. Today I realized that it isn't just in one area that I lack confidence, but across the board. Current job. Schooling. Future job. Running. Relationships. Personality...That alerts me to the fact that I have been unconsciously listening to some of Satan's lies telling me I am not good enough. Two reminders have come my way about this topic. One is just silly, but it sure has stuck in my head and caused me to do a little bit of singing and dancing, and the other is God's truth for me.

Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant - not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
-2 Corinthians 3:4-6

I am not competent, nor should I be confident, in myself, but in God and in what He is able to do in me and through me. It isn't about my own skills and abilities, but His. So even though this reminder doesn't make me feel much more confident, it sure does bring me peace in knowing that God is able to do what he wants to do through me. That's competence enough for me.

Here's the second reminder that's been stuck cycling through my head. (There weren't any video clips of the movie version, but you can picture it...)