Of all of the torments that the devil looses on us, fear is the most incapacitating; and he knows it! It stops us dead in our tracks; makes us ineffective for the Kingdom!
Why?
Because fear is unbelief!
When we fear, we say, "God is not big enough!" Our doubt renders God ineffective! It says we believe the devil's lies more than we believe God!
Fear is sin!
Fear and worry are contagious and at epidemic proportions in the church. So much so, they accepted as the norm! We have even given fear medical names and assigned it separate billing codes!
There is good fear and there is bad fear!
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7 KJV
The good fear puts us in fight or flight mode in danger. The bad fear projects "what if" danger occurs!
The bad fear takes our eyes off of Jesus and places it wherever the devil whispers! Instead of believing The Word, we believe his lies.
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.” Psalms 46:1-3 KJV
We are continually admonished in the Word, not to fear! 365 times! God is able! Yet we continue. Why? Because the spirit of fear has a right to torment us; because of the sin in our life! Because we refuse to repent, it has a legal right to be there! We can quote "God has not given us a spirit of fear" all day long to no avail, when we refuse to acknowledge and repent of the sin that resides in our heart!
I remember the day I was delivered of that spirit! I confessed my sin and repented of the unforgiveness I had held onto, when God showed me the root of my fear! In anguish, I repented of my unbelief and acknowledged my doubting God's integrity and power! I was set free and have walked without fear ever since! No fear of man and a healthy fear of God! His peace is amazing!
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalms 46:10 KJV
“The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?” Psalms 118:6 KJV
“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”
Matthew 10:28 KJV
Repent of your unbelief, while there is still time.
“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him” Job 13:15a KJV
Even so - MARANATHA
From 11/28/15
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