I continue to be amazed at the power of fear. As each day passes, I see the grip fear has on myself and others. I see opportunities lost and needless worry. I see the struggle.
I see fear as a foe that needs to be defeated. I see fear as a wall to climb and an obstacle to conquer. I see the need for Christ to be the one pushing us over that fence when we don't have an ounce of strength left. He is the one that gives us the strength to try one more time when we have been rejected over and over again.
I see fear freezing us in time. Our bodies may age and silver hair mistakenly give us the look of wisdom, but fear may have robbed us of ever knowing what it is to truly live. Fear may have held our hands keeping us from moving on when we thought we couldn't brave the storm ahead. It may have told us it would take care of us when the road block was beyond our strength to move. It told us to stay right where we are...where it is safe. What a lie! We are actually paralyzing ourselves. We are choosing to be rocks when we should be streams of living water. We are choosing not to see the miracle that happens when God makes water flow from what has never moved. He creates life where there was none if we would just trust him and take the chance.
Of course, choosing to take the leap is probably the most difficult part of the process. With risk comes the chance of failure. There is the chance that we might get hurt, but can we not trust God to catch us if we fall and tend to our wounds should we stumble?
Change, when it is wrought from the mind of God, is amazing and spectacular. It is like fireworks bursting in the sky. They would never light up the night sky had someone not decided to light them, though. I am praying today for myself and those I love not to believe the enemy, fear. I am praying that we can brave through the lumps in our throats and weight on our chests to move forward believing God will propel us and give us supernatural strength. This is my heartfelt prayer today. I am praying for fireworks.
I see fear as a foe that needs to be defeated. I see fear as a wall to climb and an obstacle to conquer. I see the need for Christ to be the one pushing us over that fence when we don't have an ounce of strength left. He is the one that gives us the strength to try one more time when we have been rejected over and over again.
I see fear freezing us in time. Our bodies may age and silver hair mistakenly give us the look of wisdom, but fear may have robbed us of ever knowing what it is to truly live. Fear may have held our hands keeping us from moving on when we thought we couldn't brave the storm ahead. It may have told us it would take care of us when the road block was beyond our strength to move. It told us to stay right where we are...where it is safe. What a lie! We are actually paralyzing ourselves. We are choosing to be rocks when we should be streams of living water. We are choosing not to see the miracle that happens when God makes water flow from what has never moved. He creates life where there was none if we would just trust him and take the chance.
Of course, choosing to take the leap is probably the most difficult part of the process. With risk comes the chance of failure. There is the chance that we might get hurt, but can we not trust God to catch us if we fall and tend to our wounds should we stumble?
