2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
That is an EXTREMELY powerful truth, but have you ever really thought about it? A spirit of fear...one of Satan's strongest webs. We fear all kinds of things and we become week and/or paralyzed. We fear others. We fear that people might find out who we really are on the inside. We fear the unknown. We fear the future. We fear the doctor. We fear the test results. We fear our mailbox and the bills within. We fear making a decision. We fear stepping out of our comfort zone. When we are ruled by fear...our comfort zone begins to close in on us and get smaller and smaller.
When we are bound by a spirit of fear...we cannot have a spirit of power, a spirit of love or a sound mind. Satan knows that! Fear feels like the same type of anesthesia that we get when we go to the dentist...it numbs us and makes it hard to move. We feel swollen and can't feel anything, we just sit and drool. Things just don't work right. God knows this too! This is why He reminds us that HE didn't give us a spirit of fear. It is the attack of darkness that gives us a spirit of fear. When we feel overwhelmed with a spirit of fear it takes a focused effort to pray, to praise or to just reach out to another and be honest about our fear.
Fear CANNOT co-exist with spiritual power. Fear CANNOT co-exist with true love. Fear CANNOT co-exist with a sound mind.
When you or I begin to feel the grip of fear...claim God's Word. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. You and I can claim this because of the power of the Blood of Jesus! HE broke that bondage.
Read Psalm 139.
The warfare is hard and at times very scary. Don't be consumed by fear. If you cannot break that bondage in prayer and with praise...turn to one or two close to you. Pray together and claim victory. Praise together and unleash the power...there is power in praise!
2 comments:
Thanks for this post. I needed it today.
I've been arguing back and forth with soneone over his Facebook note. One of the things he said was that any Christian who is not scared by that they still sin is dangerously close to spiritual death.
I disagreed, saying we should understand that we'll always sin and aren't meant to live in a constant state of fear. For: "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." (1 John 4:18).
On the other hand, Proverbs 1:7 is "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."
I guess we start out with a fear of even the Lord but as we grow to love Him, the fear is pushed out.
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