Faith Over Fear

Faith over Fear

Pastor C’s series FAITH over FEAR message allowed me to reflect back to a point in my life when I lived in fear. I would clothe myelf in fear and satuare my mind with fearful thoughts. I would act out of fear BUT would consider myself fearless! Fear had my entire life in a choke hold.

I remember an encounter that Jesus had with his Disciples in Mark 4:40, that allowed me to see that, my “FAITH” was not “FAITH-ING,” but it was FAKING! Jesus said to His diciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

My fearful spirit spilled over into my children. My children would create fearful moments for themselves by confessing things that were contrary to the Word of God.  In turn, I would label them as hypochondrias.

Jesus thank You for allowing me to level up in You!

See… I knew how to recite scriptures and would often quote 2 Timothy 1:7, “For God has not given me the spirit of fear, but of POWER and of LOVE and a SOUND mind.” I further convinced myself that I was free from fear by continuing to quote God’s Word! Psalm 27:1 says, “The Lord is my LIGHT and SALVATION; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the STRONGHOLD of my LIFE; whom shall I be afraid?”

In my spirit, I knew that fear was ever present, BUT I convinced myself that spekaing God’s word and proclaiming His truth, would allow me to walk wholeheartly in Him. I believed that I could continue to live life in my comfort zone which I knew as fear. I would speak Proverbs 19:21, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue; they that love it shall eat the fruit of it.”
But my heart was filled with fear.

Fear of the known, fear of the unknown, fear of self-sabotage, fear of forgiving, fear of owning my unfruitful behavior!!!

Fear…..Fear….Fear…

Minute after minute…hour after hour…day after day…week after week…month after month…and year after year…fear consumed my life.

HOWEVER!

VICTORY IS MINE YALL!!!

One day, God ministred to me and said, “Faith and Fear CANNOT reside in the same vessel.” God showed me through scripture that to fear HIM was the begininng of wisdom (Proverbs 1:7) and to fear Him means to R.E.S.P.E.C.T and R.E.V.E.R.A.N.C.E Him.

In that moment, I understood that hiding God’s Word in my heart was the only option for me. My acceptance of God’s Word came with peace, wisdom, guidance and instructions. When storms arise, the peace of God that surpasses human understanding presents itself.

When I cannot see a way out, instead of creating scenerios in my head, I seek God’s wisdom and lean on God for understanding. I practice daily on submitting my ways to God so I can receive God’s guidance. I read my bible, pray and receive His instructions on what to do with my life. It’s not always easy to do!

BUT it’s necessary.

I UNDERSTAND MY ASSIGNMENT!!!

Fear no longer rules my life. I make daily commitments to live a God fearing life. God showed me that forgiveness needed to happen. Yes, I had to forgive those that I thought did not deserve to be forgiven.

HOLD THE PRESS…

God showed me that I was one of those people that did not deserve forgiveness and that I needed to forgive myself too.

Oucccchhhh!

I had to allow trust in God to penetrate my heart by letting go of fear and receive God wholeheartedly by faith. Putting total trust in God allowed me to see that anxiety and fear was no longer apart of my DNA and that I had the ability (by faith) to cast them out (Accrding to 1 Peter 5:7).

When I have anxious thoughts or come in contact with fearful moments, I take hold of God’s Word.

I stand BOLDLY in my FAITH on TODAY and I proclaim that GOD is BIGGER than fear! My FAITH in GOD defeats fear and that FEAR holds no weight in my life or in God’s Kingdom!

By God’s POWER, STRENGTH AND DESIRE…I LIVE MY LIFE UNAPOLOGETICALLY UNAFRAID and with God’s WISDOM!

I proclaim FAITH over FEAR concerning my life and over every life that is connected to mine!! I stand on the Word of God! I receive this word as one of my life scriptures, Isaiah 41:10 states, “FEAR not, I AM with YOU, be not DISMAYED, for I AM your GOD; I will STRENGTHEN you, I will HELP you, I will UPHOLD you with MY righteous hand.”

✨Jennifer✨