There
are many things that trip us up and keep us from finding satisfaction and
success in this life, but the biggest one I believe is the top point that
replaces or kicks out faith. That would
be fear. Our response to fear makes a
big difference in how the situations play out in the future.
Fear
is a tool the enemy uses to keep us from trusting and even seeing God. That’s why we have to push through the
fear. When fear is not dealt with in a
proactive way, that feat will cripple us for a long time.
Luke 9:23 NASB
And He was
saying to them all, “If anyone
wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross
daily and follow Me.
There
is a sticky point. To “deny himself” is
a very difficult thing to do for the best of people. Our human nature is selfish and fights for
its own way when our spiritual side presses us to be selfless as we follow God
and His plan for our lives and this world.
Denying self is a choice that is made by people who push through the
fear.
Philippians 2:13 NLT
For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
God is
literally working in the person who is choosing to push through the fear. By saying that we will not allow fear to keep
us from following God and doing what is best we recognize that God is working
like no one or no thing can work in our lives.
Fear
keeps us from seeing God and seizing what God has for us. Faith releases us and kicks fear to the place
where it ought to reside. And that is
not within us. It starts as we push
through fear.
Yesterday
began with reading some of the verses that have big time encouraged me through
the years. It has some meat or some
walking points that keeps fear at bay and keeps faith at the front of our
hearts and our minds. As you read
through the verses below make notes abut what it is to or how to push through
fear!
Psalms
34:12-18 NLT
Does anyone
want to live a life that is long and prosperous? 13 Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips
from telling lies! 14 Turn
away from evil and do good. Search for
peace, and work to maintain it.
15 The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right; his ears
are open to their cries for help.
16 But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil; he will
erase their memory from the earth.
17 The Lord hears his
people when they call to him for help.
He rescues them from all their
troubles. 18 The Lord is
close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
To
push through the fear we must:
--
season our words with life and courage
--
chose what is good and what breeds peace
--
acknowledge that God hears our cry and rescues us
-- God
rescues from us from trouble (fear leads to trouble)
-- our
God is close to us!
Believe
what God says. Chose to push through the
fear that comes into your life!
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