TO WALK IN FAITH you really do have to reject the fear. Fear tolerated really is faith contaminated. Ive seen this pretty clearly the last little while. BUT GOD! He will undertake and bring us through all the doubts and all the worry and all the obvious negative circumstances surrounding the issue ... if we will say out of our mouths: I trust you, Lord. I may not know exactly what to do in this situation, but You do and I believe you can get the answer over to me. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths. (Prov.3:5&6) That is Gods Word to us. If I will SAY out of my mouth that I trust Him, I know He can be counted on to do His part. Thinking back to some very serious life and death situations I watched in other peoples lives, the predominate thing I saw was fear. And fear opens the door to Satan the same way faith opens the door to our God. In fact Job said the thing I feared the most has come upon me. (from Job 3:25) I have to laugh at myself in my own little stuff regarding supernatural healing. I had a situation, not big, but annoying and limiting. (Right here Ill preface any further remarks by saying ... theres nothing wrong with taking the Tylenol, or your medication. Dont stop taking your medication until you are more convinced that Gods power will bring you to a place of healing and health again, than the medication will. Its a judgement call & throwing your medication away can be foolish and presumptuous. Let the Lord lead you in this.) Anyway, to deal with the pain, I swallowed a Tylenol. I was in the elevator going somewhere and a prompting from the Lord in my heart said, I guess my power to deliver and heal you isnt as good as that Tylenol. Oh, Lord, what a low blow and Im in a hurry too. I went on my merry way and ignored His prompting. Over the next little while I walked through several similar situations. Same prompting came right after that Tylenol. And then one day it hit me that the Tylenol only lasted a short time and that pain was back. What to do then ... increase the amount of Tylenol I was taking? Hmmm... even my lightning fast mind could see that taking that step would escalate into a dead-end. How many Tylenols was I willing to put in my body through the day? O.K. Lord, but truthfully I was afraid of the pain and that fear was in control. Now thats telling isnt it. If I was making this decision based on fear, I was not in faith. Alright, reject the fear and trust the Lord in this. Once I made that decision, His mercy took me through the situation totally unscathed. I havent popped a Tylenol in some time now, but I have started an exercise class to deal with some aging issues ... LOL. These bodies will not live forever, folks. The body is not immortal and we should expect some deterioration as we age. The key is to walk in Gods wisdom one day at a time. Haha. He will teach us how to overcome in each situation we face, IF WE WILL CHOOSE TO TRUST HIM. Lord, that really is what faith is all about ... its learning to trust You. Thank you sincerely for your all encompassing love and patience toward us. In Jesus Name. Amen.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:53:40 +0000
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