Facing Fear

 

2 Timothy 1:7 

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind

The definition Fear is "a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc.". It comes from the "unknown" what we can't see, hear, or feel. Fear frequently can start as a young child when the fear of the dark comes in, because who knows what's in the dark if I can't see it maybe it can harm me. The enemy knows this is an effective way you bring fear to destroy a life because if the enemy can bind a child to fear than he can grow in to an adult still bound by it as well. Fear is a weapon the enemy knows how to use and uses it against our lives to hold us back from the things of God for us. Many times it will be used in the life of ministers to stop or slow down what God is doing through them and to keep them from reaching as many people as they could. We can fear in a sense of being scared of something, or someone but also in a sense of emotion maybe of moving on or even a change in life whether it be for good or bad. It can be the most hindering thing in the life of a believer when we open a door to it because it sets itself up against the will of God in our lives which leads to depression, pain, disappointment, discouragement, ect. I know this is something Ive personally dealt with in life and there is only one way to defeat it and its by facing it head on. Philippians 4:13 tells us "I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me" so through the strength the Lord gives us we can say face it and overcome. Don't allow fear to hold a piece of your heart, take up the authority the Lord has given you to close that door in your life and say Goodbye to fear.

*Video is the title track from Kirk Franklin's new album "Hello Fear" In Stores now*