Boldness and Confidence Ephesians 3:12

In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by our faith in Him.



Paul's desire was that the church would come to know the unsearchable riches of Christ and the manifold wisdom of God, which God had purposed in His heart before the foundation of the world. It was for this purpose that Jesus came in to this world and went to the cross. This knowledge would give the church holy boldness to come before the Lord and to seek access with confidence that the Lord would hear our prayer and He would respond to our prayer. This confidence would not rest in what we could do for ourselves but rather would rest in what Jesus could and would do for us.

You see there is a big difference in trusting in what Jesus "can" do for us and trusting in what He "will" do for us. I know a lot of people who believe that God can take care of the circumstances and situations that they find themselves in but they have a difficult time turning loose of those situations and trusting Him to do something for them. Paul assures us that we can come to God in boldness and complete confidence by our faith in the Lord Jesus.

The key to the power of the gospel is found in that last phrase, "by our faith in Him." Our faith in the Lord is the key to experiencing real victory in our lives. This faith is the result of our coming to understanding the wisdom of God that is revealed in the Word of God and demonstrated in the life of the Lord Himself. As you and I look to the Word of God and we begin to rest on the promises that are contained there, we come to know that we can trust God and our faith is then strengthened and our resolve should be strengthened to walk even closer to the Lord.

As you and I trust God and we walk with Him in the light of His Word and not according to the desires of our own heart and what seems right in our own minds, our boldness increases and our confidence that God is in control and He will hear our prayer and He will answer that prayer and He will do what is best for us according to His manifold wisdom as He leads us from where we are to the place that He so much wants us to be.

God is a great God and the purpose of His heart is to be our God and that means that He will do anything heavenly possible to do for us what only He can do. He wants us to learn that we can trust Him and that we can come to Him in complete confidence and absolute assurance that He will do all that He can do for our benefit and our blessing.