June 24, 2006
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Fear, anxiety and worry are powerful emotions that can lead to mistakes, poor judgment and a failure to act when I should have acted. Fear can cause me to retreat. Anxiety can rob me of joy. Worry can undermine my energy levels. Fear can cloud my vision of the future. Anxiety can make me difficult to live with. Worry can isolate me from my friends.
When we sense that we are becoming fearful - we need to turn to the Lord. Get our eyes off ourselves and on to the Lord. One of the major strategies of an enemy is to instill fear. Loud noises. Threats. Scary words. Flexing of the muscles. The enemy knows if he can keep me cowering in fear, biting my finger nails and in the fetal position in a dark corner – well, when fear has reduced me to a bundle of nerves, then the enemy has the upper hand.
1 Peter 5:7 “……casting all your care (anxieties) upon Him: for He careth for you.”
Having received Jesus Christ by faith as our personal Savior, we are linked eternally with the Victorious One. No need to be a pale – faced, knee – knocking, fainting, fretting and worrying believer. Ephesians 6:16 assures us that it is possible for us to quench every one of the fiery darts of the wicked. If you are scared of being afraid that’s good. You will take positive action. Be fully equipped and prepared according to Ephesians 6: 10-18. Understand what the Psalmist said: “Through God we shall do valiantly.” Psalm 60:12.

Russ Nesbit