Fear..these are the words and effects that first come to my mind when i think of the word fear, lack of faith, discontentment, the feeling of failure, disappointment, doubt, defeat, hopelesness, anger, insecurity, loneliness, cripling, and darkness. As I was driving, God opened my eyes to a different side of fear that I hadn't thought about before. What if I used fear for the kingdom of God ,instead of allowing fear to keep me from living for the kingdom? What if I no longer allowed fear to keep me in chains? What if fear was actually able to free me ? Could fear ever be used for good? I began thinking about the ways fear could be used for the kingdom, such as what if instead of fearing not being loved, I started to allow fear to encourage me to truly love God from the depths of my soul and allow that love to overflow to each person I come in contact with. Instead of fearing what others say and think about me, to fear not being who God made me to be. Instead of being timid to start living boldly.! Instead of fearing not living a comfortable live, start fearing what I am missing out on by sacrificing my life fully for God! . As this conversation started encouraging my walk with God and stopping the enemy from chaining me down and keep me at a stand still, God started revealing and setting free from the lies that I had believed and the fear I had allowed to be used against me. Fear has kept me from sending out my support letters and truly pursuing the tasks to get prepared from the world race (which I just sent out a third of my letters yesterday 🙂 feels soo good to get on task ). Fear has kept me in bondage to others by being afraid to say no. Fear has robbed me from the peace and freedom God has promised me. Fear has told me that I am not worthy, that I am foolish, but God says differently he has called me his child and that is my identity, I cannot earn that nor loose it! I dont have to prove myself to ANYONE not even God, I find that so freeing because for most of my life I have constantly allowed myself to feel validated by the people I know, the boys that liked me, the attention I received and the words others would say about me. God has freed me from all of that, and has called me to lean on him for validation, because in his eyes I am enough!! Now I look into his word , I hear his voice and feel his love and know that no matter what decisions I make God has called me to be his light and to shine brightly, I will walk in this light !! No longer will I allow fear to keep me from doing the work of God but I will fear God and God alone! As I began to look into what God says about fear these are the verses that I found! I hope this is encouraging for you have had the same trials I pray that God sets you free 🙂 ! Love you all!
To fear the Lord is to hate evil proverbs 8: 13
fear the Lord and shun evil proverbs 3 7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge
He whose walk is upright fears the Lord proverbs 14 2
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death Proverbs 14 27
The fear of the Lord teaches a man wisdom Proverbs 15 33
Through the fear of the Lord a man avoids evil Proverbs 16 6
The fear of the Lord leads to life: Then one rests content, untouched by trouble Proverbs 19 23
Blessed if the man who always fears the Lord Proverbs 28 14
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised Proverbs 31 30
