I refuse to be paralyzed by fear
The experience I had yesterday definitely freaked me out and I have more fear about being myself and walking around my apartment complex late at night but I refuse to let this fear paralyze me. Fear is real and it is a spirit. Second Timothy 1:7 declares, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." Do not fear, I am with you. Do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. (Isaiah 41:10)
I believe God called me to this area and he called me to work where I work. I have no doubt that God will continue to strengthen me and enable me to do his will. "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging." (Psalm 46:1-3)
I'm not for sure what all to think about this whole situation but all I know is that this is just one more problem that I need to give to him and one more reason for me to drawl near to him. I'm nothing and I can't do anything without him. He is my everything.
Jesus said, "If you will lose your life for my sake, then you will find it." If you hold on to your fear, it will hold on to you; but as you invite God into your concerns, as you honestly surrender your fears to Him and rest in his presence and in his power and in his promises, He will begin to move you from fear to faith, from fear to courage, and as we learn to surrender our lives to Him, we will grow in our willingness to risk our lives for Him, because we will have nothing else to lose.
There is freedom for us to become whom God created us to be, freedom to move forward into his purposes. But that freedom is on the other side of surrender.
I believe God called me to this area and he called me to work where I work. I have no doubt that God will continue to strengthen me and enable me to do his will. "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging." (Psalm 46:1-3)
I'm not for sure what all to think about this whole situation but all I know is that this is just one more problem that I need to give to him and one more reason for me to drawl near to him. I'm nothing and I can't do anything without him. He is my everything.
Jesus said, "If you will lose your life for my sake, then you will find it." If you hold on to your fear, it will hold on to you; but as you invite God into your concerns, as you honestly surrender your fears to Him and rest in his presence and in his power and in his promises, He will begin to move you from fear to faith, from fear to courage, and as we learn to surrender our lives to Him, we will grow in our willingness to risk our lives for Him, because we will have nothing else to lose.
There is freedom for us to become whom God created us to be, freedom to move forward into his purposes. But that freedom is on the other side of surrender.
posted by ENS at 10:13 PM
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