Don’t Let Fear Stop You

I mistakenly thought that as long as I felt fear, I could not do what I wanted to do or felt I should do.

I was wasting my life waiting for fear to go away and praying diligently for God to take away the fear.

But my prayer never got answered because “I was praying for the wrong thing”.

I should have been praying for God to give me the courage to go forward in the presence of fear and not let it stop me. 

You see, as long as Satan can stop you with fear, he will. But if you confront it, eventually even the feelings of fear will go away, at least they will in the area in which you confront them.

You will need to confront new areas of fear as they come up throughout your life, but never forget that the only way to live free from fear is to confront it, or “do it afraid.”

Anything God asks you to do, you can do even if you have to do it afraid, knowing that He is always with you.

Even things that you simply want to do, as long as they are within the guidelines of God’s will found in His Word, you should be able to without allowing fear to stop you. 

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Psalm 40:2 KJV

Safe with Christ

God is our Deliverer, but we cannot be delivered from something if we refuse to admit it is a problem or if we use it as a crutch to control other people.

I have heard too many people use “I can’t help it, I’m insecure” as an excuse for not taking action when they should. We will never be free from anything we keep excusing. 

When we receive Jesus as our Savior, it is not merely so we can go to heaven when we die, but so we can live in freedom and victory when we are on earth.

Letting God set us free from the past and heal us is one way we glorify His name. We become trophies of His grace! He is an expert at healing the brokenhearted and making the fearful courageous.  

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah 41:10 KJV