LOVE
So get this. I've been pumped lately about the Lord's Love. He's been pretty amazing in showing it to me and giving me greater understanding about how utterly incredible it is. So I've been basking in that, trusting in that, and enjoying it.
FINANCES
In the midst of that, we've been doing a lot of trusting in God financially. It's been so good. I trust Him more than I've ever trusted Him before with our finances, our bills, our debt, and our current situation. The truth is, none of them matter because He's my Provider. He's greater than all those things I just named. So I have had absolutely no worry, and it's been beautiful.
PURPOSE
So I've been feeling pretty good. At the same time, I've been questioning God, for a while now, about my purpose. What am I supposed to do? What's His vision for me? What's my calling? I'm 30, I should know! Oy. And I've asked. And I haven't heard. And I've been frustrated. Here I'm trusting God with my finances and I have complete peace in His Word and His power. Why can't I get this vision thing?
FEAR
And then I realized. Fear. While working on trusting God with our finances I kind of let everything just be. And now that my faith in finances is in Him alone, we can start working on some other things. This fear is kind of ridiculous. Like it doesn't make sense to me and it ticks me off. I don't like it, and yet I struggle with getting rid of it. Ick.
So tonight I'm doing a word study on fear. Here are the verses I got. Be encouraged my friends. God doesn't give us fear, He gives us power. He's walking with us every step of the way like a father teaching a child to walk. This is what I'm going to be preaching and speaking to myself in the coming days. Praising the Father. He's immensely good.
Deuteronomy 6:13 ESV 13 It is (A)the LORD your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and (B)by his name you shall swear.
Isaiah 41:13 Amplified 13For I the Lord your God hold your right hand; I am the Lord, Who says to you, Fear not; I will help you!
Mark 5:36 Amplified 36[a]Overhearing
but ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue,
Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear; only keep on
believing.
2 Tim. 1:7 Amplified
7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven
and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power
and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and
self-control.
1 John 4:18 Amplified 18There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love [a]turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror! For fear [b]brings
with it the thought of punishment, and [so] he who is afraid has not
reached the full maturity of love [is not yet grown into love's complete
perfection].
