This means that when we start to feel fear rise up, we can combat it with the truth of what God has given us. This doesn't mean that we won't ever feel afraid. Therefore, we can be courageous and live above fear. I love the scripture in 2 Timothy 1:7 that says this, “God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.”įear is a spirit, but one that God has not given us. He gave fear and death black eyes and knocked them out for good. Jesus gained the victory over fear and death. Almost instantly, the fear in that room melted away. But in my heart, I knew that Jesus was my savior for a reason. In that operating room, I trembled with fear. The contractions that were supposed to bring her alive into the world were instead hurting her. Her heart rate dropped with every contraction I had. So, if being in the hospital could happen to someone like me, surely death could happen too, right? And it wasn’t just my life that I feared for. I didn't even understand how we got there. I mean, to be honest, up until that point, my pregnancy was healthy and extremely low-risk. I will say that I wasn't ready to die on that operating table. Even though I intellectually knew that people get healed and live there, the reputation hospitals had in my mind wasn't a good one. I hated hospitals because it reminded me of sickness and death. We had planned for a natural birth at a birth center, not a surgical one in a hospital. We had to have an emergency c-section, which was never part of the plan for me and Christopher. I can say that I am a victor over fear, but it took me being afraid and having to be placed in situations to face and reject it. And I didn't understand why He was telling me to be something that I didn't believe I was capable of being.įear and I have definitely gone round for round over the last two years of my life. “But, I feel weak, Lord,” was my response. As it looked like our material and financial lives were crumbling apart, God told me to be strong. Christopher was the sole provider and times were hard for us. We chose that route after feeling led by the Lord. My husband, Christopher, and I had decided that I would be a stay-at-home mom after the birth of our first daughter. I felt like a victim to my circumstances. I felt like I had no control over the things that were happening in my life. This was during a time where I felt weak. No matter how many times I tried to move on to chapter 2, I kept being pulled back to read and re-read Joshua chapter 1. There was a period of my life where the Lord had me meditating on this section of Scripture and he wouldn't let me move past it. Actually, God tells him to be strong a number of times in the first chapter alone. In Joshua 1, before the Israelites cross over the river Jordan into the Promised Land, the Lord tells Joshua to be strong. Let’s read on to see how God meets our weakness and fear with His strength and might. God commanded Joshua to be strong and courageous in the face of an enemy that would have made Joshua tremble with weakness and fear if it had not been for God’s powerful reminder of His presence and power. He created all things, so having him on our side is a sure win in every situation we face. It’s a reverent, awe-like fear that is motivated from wanting to please him. And this fear isn’t a dreadful anxiousness. We read over and over again in the Bible that when it comes to fear, there shouldn't be anything that we fear more than God. And I also know what it's like to look fear in the eyes, and with everything in me, want to run in the opposite direction.īut glory to God, fear and weakness aren’t our inheritance. If there are two things that I am well acquainted with, it's weakness and fear. Do not be afraid do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous.
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