Faith and Confidence

In an Existentialism class I took, we read Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard, and he retold the story of how Abraham obeyed God to sacrifice his son Isaac in order to exemplify faith. Through extreme faith, he was resigned to give up everything with the expectation of receiving it back with joy. Ultimately, after his resignation, Abraham received Isaac back with joy. Kierkegaard proposes that one needs infinite resignation as a prerequisite to faith. That is, one must be carry out their action solemnly and consistently, regardless of the situation, and accept the potential negative consequences.
To me, through interpretation of this depiction of faith, I find it to be very comparable to confidence. Confidence can be described as a state of believing that one is going in the right direction through insecurities. One can use the stage of infinite resignation to give up all of their fears, insecurities, and anxieties through acceptance of the myriad of consequences of a particular situation. When one achieves this, and such blockage is torn down, they can take the next step. So, if one were to be infinitely resigned, they would first lose all of which is stopping them from being confident. Similarly, when one looks at Kierkegaard’s explanation of faith, they will find that to have infinite resignation means simply to give up that which is stopping them from having faith. Then, when one is faithful and confident, they can go even further. They can then have the expectation of receiving that which they resign back with joy. I will use an athlete as an example. If Lebron James is at the free-throw line at the end of the game, he must resign his fear of losing, then confidently step up and sink the shots with the expectation to win.