Victory over Fear

I realize that in my life I have lots of fears.

Fear that I will disappoint my family or friends in any way
Fear that people not love me the same if they knew who I really was
Fear that I will never grow closer to God like I want to
Fear that I won't be good enough
Fear that my prayers won't be answered
Fear that my dreams will never come to pass
Fear of laziness
Fear of losing friends
Fear of not stepping into the calling I have on my life
Fear of MICE
Fear of loneliness
Fear of never having a good job
Fear of not saying the right thing
Fear of having to be a burden to my parents
Fear of what people think
Fear of not having enough money to go to Scotland
Fear of gaining weight again after losing so much
Fear that my desires for love will not be fulfilled
Fear of drastic change
Fear of being left behind (nothing to do with the end times.)
Fear that I will be overlooked
Fear of making wrong decisions
Fear that my car won't work again
Fear of being hurt by people


Now maybe some of these fears seem silly, and I know they are. Yet I am being completely honest. Of course there are different levels of fear involved in each of them. Most of them are just fleeting thoughts that I don't have often, or have had only once. Yet they are still fear.

Tonight at the One Thing Conference I had a revelation in worship. They were singing about how Jesus conquered death and the grave. During that time I realized that He conquered all my fears as well. That I don't have to live with them. I can surrender them all to Him.

"There is no fear in love, that perfect love casts out all fear.,.." 1 John 1:18

In realization of His love for me, my trust increases and my fears have to cease. For He is trustworthy. So very trustworthy. I am a child of God and He is in control of my life.

In worship I started to declare that I will live with no fear.

Trust is something that is learned. This year God has taught me to trust Him in ways I did not know were possible. In ways I didn't even want to trust, I wanted to wallow in my fears, but He called me to somethign higher. His perfect love WILL cast out all my fears. So what I want to say is for you to dive into His love, and throw off your fears.

It is actually a little freeing to write down fears. It helps to see how ridiculous they are and how small they seem in print. So if you want to- write yours down. I wanted to believe that I didn't have any fears. But when I thought about it, I realized that I do, that all my worries are just plain fear. God doesn't want His bride to walk in fear but to trust Him and lean on Him.

There is no fear in Him. There is no fear in freedom. May God free you too.