Through the course of a typical week, my confidence ebbs and flows like jagged points on a graph. My boss compliments me on a project and I feel accomplished. My wife sends me an encouraging text and I feel loved. A friend meets me for lunch and I feel valued.

But without fail, something throws me off. I rush in to work late—shirt untucked, brow dripping sweat—and immediately feel self-conscious about my appearance. I share my best ideas in a brainstorming meeting, but an apathetic response leaves me feeling inadequate. I get a past-due bill in the mail, and the large red letters on the envelope make me feel useless.

Once overflowing with confidence, I now feel—at best—like an average man who lives an average life.

But here’s the good news: whether I lack confidence about my appearance, my decisions, my social status or my career path, I can always find confidence in the Lord. Through his Word, I find the strength to trade feelings of inadequacy for confidence and assurance.

If you need a confidence boost today, join me in meditating on these four Bible verses:

1. Philippians 1:6 (GNTD)
   And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus.
2. Hebrews 10:35-36 (GNTD)
   Do not lose your courage, then, because it brings with it a great reward. You need to be patient, in order to do the will of God and receive what he promises.
3. Hebrews 4:16 (GNTD)
   Let us have confidence, then, and approach God's throne, where there is grace. There we will receive mercy and find grace to help us just when we need it.
4. Psalm 139:13-14 (GNTD)
   You created every part of me; you put me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because you are to be feared; all you do is strange and wonderful. I know it with all my heart.