During my last week in Guatemala I had the chance to visit the Mayan Ruins in Tikal, Guatemala.
Learning the history of the ruins was amazing.
Walking through the jungle and seeing the wild life was amazing.
Climbing the ruins was…amazing.
And scary. Very, very scary.
I’m terrified of heights.
Like, it’s my number two worst fear…right under mice.
Buuuuuut
I faced my fear of heights! I climbed to the top of a Mayan Ruin and looked out over the jungle! Whoa.cray!
This is just the first ‘fear’ that I’ll be facing this year, I’m sure.
Most of my fears for this next year aren’t physical though.
Most of them are pertaining to my self image and my spiritual growth with the Lord.
I have fears about God’s ability to use me.
I have fears about changing and not actually liking the person that I become.
I have fears of goodbyes – saying goodbye to my family as I left for the Race, and saying goodbye to my ‘A Squad’ family at the end of my Race.
My list of fears and doubts could go on and on. But I cant dwell on them. I will miss out on living life if I constantly live in fear.
Fear is having faith in the wrong things. It is the uncertainty of whether our Heavenly Father truly has us in His hands.
I’m learning to take God-given authority over my fears.
I will seek God until He takes away my fears. Psalm 34:4 says: “I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.”
I will keep pursuing freedom. I will keep praying for the Lord to deliver me. I will keep believing He will. I will keep professing God’s word as truth over my life.
2 Timothy 1:7 says “For God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
Fear is of the enemy and has no place here.
