Constantly considering confidence

Sometimes I feel as confident as a lion. Attiring as I walk showing off my big glorious mane. Truly my confidence flows straight flows straight from the Holy Spirit. But sometimes I fear that I speak as a fool. That I let my human brain take over.  My greatest fear is that I might become a false teacher. I never want to become like the lion in this verse: Ezekiel 32:2b ESV

"...You consider yourself a lion of the nations,

but you are like a dragon in the seas;

you burst forth in your rivers,

trouble the waters with your feet,

and foul their rivers.

What I have realized is this step in the process is a good thing. If I am constantly reapplying myself to God's word it keeps me from taking the way that simply seems right to me
This is crucial because Proverbs 14:12 ESV

There is a way that seems right to a man,

but its end is the way to death.

Another way I can prevent become a false teacher is by refusing to boast in myself by presenting weaknesses when ministering. The whole time being grateful of my shortcomings.

Turning that weakness into something that shows God's strength.

2 Corinthians 11:16-17 ESV

I repeat, let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not with the Lord's authority but as a fool.

When I do share my trials the point is not to depress them with tear jerking stories. The point is to share the moral to the tale God wrote with your life. This is one of the big reasons for Job's testing with fire.

Job 36:15-16 ESV

He delivers the afflicted by their affliction

and opens their ear by adversity.

He also allured you out of distress

into a broad place where there was no cramping,

and what was set on your table was full of fatness.

So I encourage all those who care for those around them. To constantly be learning, always examining your path, and embrace trials not in a sense that pain is good. Just simply that learning is always precious.