Psalm 34:4: "I sought the Lord and He heard me, and delivered me from ALL MY FEARS".From my dad...
"Fears...phobias...anxieties...worries... what a load of NO-NO's.
Fears come in all sizes and shapes and in so many ways. Some have said there are 365 FEAR NOT's in the Bible. That ought to take care of every day in the year. There are so many, because there are so many different kinds.
The Lord wants to deliver us from ALL of them! Don't you love the "all's" of His word? All fears are made for prayer. And for faith. And for answered prayer. He has a Word for every one of them.
For example, it is wonderful how and when and where Jesus spoke His "FEAR NOT's"... not in the comfort of a rocking chair. But on one occasion in a boat, rocked by a storm. And yet Jesus was there at rest - asleep on a pillow... in the same storm where His disciples were scared to death! Jesus said "Why are you fearful Oh you of litle faith?
That's the way it is with many fears... they can come suddenly, especially in some stormy situation. Yes, they come even when Jesus is right there...
Satan instigates some new stormy trial and test with his fear tactics... not because we are AWAY from Christ, but precisely because we are now Christians, His own disciples... with Him and He with us... in the same ship! (call it His 'fellowship') (this was where my dad would smile and we kids would groan at his humor!! :)
Fears are dark. Foreboding. Threatening. Love to work in the dark, often at night. Indeed they come from the realm of satan and his dark kingdom. Before we know it, they can enter our thought life as thieves. They can come as deceivers, like angels of light, getting us to think they are the voice of God. They can be very subtle.
Then we wake up and say "This is NOT God's voice!"... And we REFUSE it in the name of Jesus. We 'resist the devil, and he will flee from us'... We don't FIGHT it... don't FEAR it... we FAITH it. (I peter 5:9)
Just like Jesus... we use God's Word as our sword... "IT IS WRITTEN... IT IS WRITTEN"... (Matt.4, Luke 4)
Fear is a "downer"... wants to get us DOWN, eyes off of Jesus, and down we go - like Peter on the water...
We can believe God to answer when we pray with the psalmist"...
'I sought the lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears'...
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The above post is from the notes and writings of my dad... my 'guest' blogger today! He would be smiling! :)
