Fear is the enemy of Faith

FEAR ANTICIPATES THE WORST AND NOT THE BEST

As we fear, the things we don't want to happen are brought into focus and are given credence in our life. We start believing these things instead of believing what the Word says. We are opposing and fighting against faith when we let fear rule our lives! 

Isn't it amazing how something so small can grow in our minds to be a scary giant!? Our minds are so creative and every scenario known to man can happen before we even face the challenge. 

My son Trey has a phobia to bugs and spiders and at 23 years old it is hilarious to watch him scream and his eyes widen as this small microscopic creature frightens him to death. Instead of seeing himself as larger and scarier; he minimizes his position and authority and hands it over to the one who is probably paralyzed in fear himself! 

We do that so easily in life when we should be proclaiming who we are and have faith in our abilities through Christ. We have all authority and power to overcome any obstacle using our shields of faith!

"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind." (2 Timothy 1:7) 

"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." (John 16:33) 

"The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion." (Proverbs 28:1)

Where there is faith, fear cannot abide:

•Feed your faith, and your fears will starve to death

•Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. No one was there.

•Fear and faith cannot keep house together; when one enters, the other departs." -- Vern McLellan, The Complete Book of Practical Proverbs and Wacky Wit (Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1996)

So instead of running and hiding like my son when he sees a spider; we need to utilize the tools given to us to conquer those things getting the best of us. Get that broom and fight the enemy! 

A quote from my son Trey,

"Satan's greatest accomplishment was fooling people to believe that he came in the form of a snake."  #SatanISthespider

Ha. 

Adjust that Crown!

Jonna