Jan 11-Please Lord, Take Away This Fear!
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Please Lord, Take Away This Fear!
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."Joshua 1:9
Have you ever prayed and asked God to "take away this fear I feel" or perhaps "relieve me of this worry, Lord?" I prayed that prayer recently and the Lord was quick to show me that He's already provided a way to free me from all worry, anxiety and fear.
Joshua was afraid when, after Moses died, he was handed the leadership over the Israelites. But God told him to be strong and of good courage. Then the Lord instructed him on how to achieve these character traits: "Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success." Joshua 1:7, 8
The immediate response to our feelings of fear, worry or anxiety should be the Word of God. Instead of asking God to remove fear from us . . . we need to follow His instructions and fill our spirits and souls with the Word - the proven antidote for fear.
It would be like having a glass filled with murky water. The more pure, clean water you pour into the glass, the clearer the water in the glass becomes . . . until finally it only has clean and pure water in it. That's what we need to do with our souls. We must put our spirit-man in control of ourselves, go to the Living Word of God and drink from it. If fear rises, we drink more. We keep drinking and feeding on the goodness of God until fear is gone and faith is strong.
God is not the author of fear . . . instead, the enemy uses it to paralyze our faith and make the Word of God of no effect. But we know the truth . . . and the truth sets us free from the bondage of fear. The truth is available for the taking, but we must take it.
The next time you hear yourself praying, "God, take this fear from me," do what the Lord told Joshua to do. Get into the Word. Meditate on it. Speak it out loud. Read it. Listen to it. Surround yourself with the purity of God's Word and soon the murky fear of the enemy will be washed away and only the truth will remain.
Be blessed,
Susan Gregory
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."Joshua 1:9
Have you ever prayed and asked God to "take away this fear I feel" or perhaps "relieve me of this worry, Lord?" I prayed that prayer recently and the Lord was quick to show me that He's already provided a way to free me from all worry, anxiety and fear.
Joshua was afraid when, after Moses died, he was handed the leadership over the Israelites. But God told him to be strong and of good courage. Then the Lord instructed him on how to achieve these character traits: "Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success." Joshua 1:7, 8
The immediate response to our feelings of fear, worry or anxiety should be the Word of God. Instead of asking God to remove fear from us . . . we need to follow His instructions and fill our spirits and souls with the Word - the proven antidote for fear.
It would be like having a glass filled with murky water. The more pure, clean water you pour into the glass, the clearer the water in the glass becomes . . . until finally it only has clean and pure water in it. That's what we need to do with our souls. We must put our spirit-man in control of ourselves, go to the Living Word of God and drink from it. If fear rises, we drink more. We keep drinking and feeding on the goodness of God until fear is gone and faith is strong.
God is not the author of fear . . . instead, the enemy uses it to paralyze our faith and make the Word of God of no effect. But we know the truth . . . and the truth sets us free from the bondage of fear. The truth is available for the taking, but we must take it.
The next time you hear yourself praying, "God, take this fear from me," do what the Lord told Joshua to do. Get into the Word. Meditate on it. Speak it out loud. Read it. Listen to it. Surround yourself with the purity of God's Word and soon the murky fear of the enemy will be washed away and only the truth will remain.
Be blessed,
Susan Gregory
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