What am I afraid of?
What are you afraid of?
This world can be a very scary place with evil lurking around every corner. The worst can happen in an instant –
I’ve been there.
So it seems logical that you and I would be afraid……. until we read what Jesus says to us in Matthew 8, “Why are you afraid? You have so little faith.”
Wow! Jesus directly correlates the fact that I am afraid to how much faith I have.
God is telling me that my fears mean I’m not trusting him.
I know this is true for me. When I am worried, I am not trusting God. The amount of my fear is a clear indication of the lack of my faith because I know God is in control. He has a plan and purpose. There is nothing that happens to me that has not gone through his hands.
So what am I afraid of?
My worst fear – that something bad would happen to one of my children – has already come true for both of them. My daughter got cancer and my son was a police officer who was killed in the line of duty three years ago.
What a huge waste of time and effort fear is! It didn’t change anything that has happened to me.
God has used these experiences to teach me many things. One of them is to lay my worries and fears at God’s feet and leave them there. He is the only one who can do anything about them.
It’s a fact that he loves me and wants the best for me. He is faithful to walk beside me when bad things happen, helping me to grow my faith and trust in him.
Fear comes from a lack of faith.
Thank you for your faithfulness, Abba Father.
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I’m good at preaching to others about not worrying, but that moment I’m in a dire situation panic creeps in.
This year I have found myself so broken and confused due to financial hardships, a prodigal child, attacks of gossip, circumstances with my health and I just had to cry out to God, “God help me I’m scared.”
The devil is a liar!!!
The enemy attacks our minds with fear, doubt and worry and will have us believing that things will never get better, that you will always be at the bottom of the pit, that you don’t deserve any better, that you are getting just what you deserve, that this is all your fault. We need to bind the devil, take authority and tell him to STAND DOWN! Things may look grim, but our God has promised we will overcome!
God has already won the war. We know how this story ends. So when we close our ears to the Father of Lies and keep our eyes focus on our Heavenly Father, nothing is impossible.