I’m going to confess something to you.
I used to have this intense fear.
This fear would cause my tongue to silence.
It would cause my heart to pound louder every second.
I knew there was only one cure for this fear,
but I never used it.
I knew the answer but I still clung to the fear with everything in me.
This fear became my best friend.
It stole my time
and crept in to every area of my life.
And yet I did nothing to fight it.
I let it rule me.
See, this fear grew quite jealous.
It hated sharing.
It forbid me to see another.
What was this fear you ask?
I’ll give you a hint.
This fear preys on the believers.
It lies within our flesh as sons and daughters of Adam,
waiting until the right moment to creep in.
It’s that instance when we find that opportunity,
the chance to share,
when everything inside us screams be silent!
And we link arms with passivity.
It’s the one time we refuse to speak,
in the moment when we need to proclaim!
It’s that glimpse of heaven shining in each of us
that we try to cover by drawing the shades of our heart,
so nobody can catch us in the act.
We hide our tracks as if we are being hunted,
and dread their interrogations.
That fear stifled the love in my heart.
It muted the Gospel in my life.
It stirred a false sense of peace that shut my mouth.
But never again.
Perfect love casts out fear*,
so this fear is history.
I am now a warrior,
fighting for the Kingdom with everything in me.
Ephesians 6 says suit up;
I am armored for war.
So join me in battle,
with the most powerful Sword in the universe.
No longer fear words or reactions,
but proclaim the truth boldly.
Let’s join arms and war
for the only thing worth dying for.
*1 John 4:18
