Fear arrives
unnoticed and is diligent to remain unsuspicious during his stay. No one sees
the amount of luggage Fear carries. When Fear shows up, it comes to stay. Fear
comes quietly and listens to your morning conversations and takes notes,
nodding his ugly head and tapping his pen on his paper. Fear stands at the door
as you try to pray and begins to device his plan.
Fear
whispers into the air around you every time you voice your ideas. “It cannot be
done.” Fear writes on the walls of your apartment so that you see it the moment
you sit down for coffee. “Not today, you will leave it for tomorrow.”
Fear listens
to your concerns and agrees with you. It sits at your bedside, holding your
hand, comforting you with a sinister smile and says, “Poor darling. Are you
feeling hopeless?” It grabs at your heart with icy fingers and sends cold
vibrations throughout your body, numbing your strength, and pushing you back on
your pillow. Fear stands at the window and observes you through the night, as
you remain awake, unable to sleep for the sounds that surround you and the
imaginations of your heart increase.
Carefully he
comes when you finally shut your eyes, and it binds your feet, binds your
hands, covers your mouth, and then stands back to admire his work. Morning
comes with all your plans and responsibilities commanding your attention. Courage
and Assurance of heart have been strapped down. Your heart is racing, you feel
dizzy and as you attempt to stand and get out of bed, Fear laughs and punches
you so hard you fall back on your bed.
Fear smiles
and shows you his previous notes. “Here are your dreams.” He takes a black
marker and scribbles on them. “Here are your hopes.” It scribbles once more. “This
is what you prayed for.” Laughing loudly, he scribbles a dark line across
these. You are frozen in time and cannot move. Fear has taken residence.
What will
you do?
I’m going to
tell you what you’re going to do, and do it now.
Get up! If
you get knocked down, push forward and get up. Get up now! One night the Lord
spoke to Paul in a vision and told him, “Don’t be afraid! Speak out! Don’t be
silent! Acts 18:9 NLT
Today, the Lord says to you “Don’t be afraid!
Speak out!
Don’t be silent!”
You see, Fear is going to hear it today. So get ready!
The angel of
the LORD encamps around those who fear him,
and he delivers them. Psalm 34:7
NIV
You are not
alone. Won’t you call out to the Lord who has promised to show up? He’s all
around you cheering you on as you begin to fight against Fear.
This is my
command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord
your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 NLT
I know Fear doesn't want to leave, but you are going to have to open up your big mouth and
speak out because up to now, Fear just hasn’t seen the side of you that can
command an army when you put your trust in the Lord.
When I am
afraid, I put my trust in you. Psalm 56:3 NIV
In God,
whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? Psalm 56:4
NIV
Fear has to
leave! It cannot stand in the presence of a Holy God. It cannot stay in the
presence of perfect love. God is encouragement and Life. Open all those doors
that have allowed Fear to live in: the door to your mind, your heart, your
dreams, your future, your prayers, and your life. Open those doors and take a
dark marker and begin to scribble what the Lord says to you today.
He will
cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful
promises are your armor and protection. Do not be afraid of the terrors of the
night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. Do not dread the disease that
stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. Though a thousand
fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will
not touch you.
Psalm 91:4-8 NLT
One last
verse:
I am the one who comforts you. So why are you
afraid of mere humans, who wither like the grass and disappear? Isaiah 51:12
NLT
WHY? Why
then, are you still afraid?
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