Good Morning Everybody !!!
It is a bright sunshiny day. The temperature is not bad either, very nice, to nice to stay cooped up in the house and watching television. Today is a good day to get up and get moving, so go outside and get moving. However, before we do that, we need to talk about balance. In this world, we have so much going on that it is easy to get out of balance. There are so many voices out there that are telling us to do this and do that. Then we have to stop and really scratch our heads because it is confusing. But God is not confusing, the things that God says is not confusing. If we are in a state of confusion then we should automatically know that is not of God, but do we ?
We can fall into a state of fear if we listen to everything that comes across the air waves. But God did not give a us spirit of fear. Yes, we live in frightening times, but we are not to be afraid, God says over and over again in His Word to “do not fear.” “Be of good courage,” and the reason He said that so much is because when we fear, we panic. When we panic it causes irrational behavior. We are to put our trust in God, He is our source of everything. He is our protector. When we open our ears to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying, we will know when something is coming and what we are to do about it. But when we are in a state of panic, we will not be able to hear anything but the roar of the storm.
2 Timothy 1:7 “… God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” (ESV)
Psalms 34:4 “I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.” (ESV)
Proverbs 29:25 “The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.” (ESV)
Isaiah 35:4 “Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.” (ESV)
There are so many Scriptures about fear that it would take so long to put them all on here. Get in the Word people, for yourselves. When you know the Word for yourself, you will not fall for anything that will come at you. Times are rough people, and there are so many voices out there in the world that are just trying to cause you to fear and panic. We are almost to the end of this age. Jesus is coming quickly.
Love Y’all and carry on