Joshua
1:9 Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be
dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
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One
of the devil’s most successful tactics is isolation. If HE can convince
you that you are all alone, with no help, he can twist your perception
to make you believe almost anything he wants.
The
good news is that God doesn’t leave us alone to duke it out with our
fear the best we can. No, God fights alongside us. Jesus walked among us
as one of us, and He knows all about fear.
In
fact, of the 125 direct commands or imperatives of Jesus recorded in
Scripture, 21 of them have to do with overcoming fear. Over and over
again, Jesus encourages us to “not be afraid” or “fear not” or “have
courage” or “take heart.” Take a few seconds to reflect on that. The
single statement He made more than any other was “Don’t be afraid.”
Jesus takes our fears quite seriously!
Listen,
my friend. If there is a voice in your head telling you that you are
the only one who is afraid, that you are somehow flawed in ways nobody
else could possibly understand, that you are messed up and there is no
point in trying anymore, trust me on a very basic fact: it is not God’s
voice you are hearing!
You
are not alone! You do have help! You have a God who knows your fears
and who will battle them on your behalf. You have a God who cares deeply
and intimately about you and who has planted dreams in your soul that
He longs to help you fulfill.
-Pete
-Pete
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