What is your biggest fear? Now I have a number of things, snakes, spiders, rats, failure, failure, failure and of course there is failure. Does your list look anything like this? I learned a long time ago to mask my fears, many folks think I'm confident that failure isn't an option with me. Well, the truth is the reason it isn't an option is I often don't do things that I don't think will be a success. I've heard that you can't learn if you don't fail, as much as I know that is true, in my heart I still think 'if I fail, I'm a failure' period. Not it is a step in learning, not if you fall get back up. I failed.
The devil looks that about me, he knows if he can put fear in my heart about something there is a good chance he can paralyze me with the fear. He can keep my feet right where they are, instead of following God's direction. There is not a day that passes that I don't battle fear.
But slowly, I'm learning, FEAR is not an option. I may fail but allowing the devil to stop me by fear is no longer an option that I'm willing to consider. In Hebrews 13:5 "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have : for he hath said , I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say , The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. " we are given what we need to show us that we have no reason to fear.
I've said this before but I love that last part of Hebrews 13:15 'I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee'. Read it backwards 'thee forsake nor thee leave never will I'. It says the same thing. He is NOT going to leave us! The almighty God of heaven is with us always! He is our help, He is our strength, He is our comfort and He is our protector.
God tells us we can BOLDLY say that 'The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me'. In today's world of violence and crime that is a pretty bold statement. In today's world where a Christian has a bigger chance of taunting than praise that is a bold statement. But do we believe God or not? Now a temptation to fear is not the same as giving in to fear. The devil is going to tempt us to fear on a daily, actually a minute by minute basis and there are so many things to fear if we are listening to satan.
I want to have a boldness to trust and take Him at His word! I know and He knows I'm going to fail at it, maybe many times but He is my helper and He will continue to help me up to try again.
I look back at my life and I've failed much. This blog is not someone that has it all together telling you how to do it all right. It is someone who has failed, who given up and had to be pulled from the depths. It is someone who has seen God be faithful through all my failures. It is someone that has seen God answer the prayers of my heart ,that I could not even find the words to say.
It is about His love and compassion to see my fears and to come along side of me and hold my hand and be my comfort. God tells me over and over in His word not to fear. He did that because He knows I'm a slow learner and I would need to hear it time and time again!
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