FIVE MINUTE FRIDAY - Afraid - Growing Through God's Word
Five Minute Friday – Afraid
Linking in with Lisa Jo to write for 5 minutes only. See the bottom of the post if you want to join.
Afraid
In the past, before I came to really experience God through Jesus, FEAR was a major factor in my life. I feared for my family, for my health, and safety while driving. Fear held me and made me a controlling person. I felt if I could hold everything together then all would be okay.
But I found out that Christ holds everything together.
“He [Christ] is before all things,and in him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:17, NIV).
And I found out Satan likes to make me fearful to rob me of the joy of my day. With Jesus I know that He will always be with me.
Read the first Scripture I memorized:
“Do not be anxious about anything,but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding,will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Colossian 4:5-7).
Satan still tries to make me fearful. I have to know how to battle that fear. One of the best books I have read on this is Grace Fox’s Moving From Fear to Freedom. Grace gives practical advice on how to wage the war against fear.
Learning to live in Christ’s freedom has set me on a different path. God is pushing me in different directions because I know that even though I don’t think I can do something that God can. And that He wants to reveal Himself.
How better to show God than through my weakness?
I may be weak but I fight the fear because there is no fear in those who belong to Jesus.
My post How do You Combat Fear? offers more on this topic.
Blessings,
Janis
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