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| WHAT SHOULD YOU FEAR MOST? |
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 |
THIS is a very simple question which may arouse both simple and complex answer simultaneously.
many a people will say if they were asked:
1)i fear death most
2)i fear the devil most
3)i fear darkness most
4)i fear failure most
5)i fear water most
6)i fear God most
7)i fear storm most
8)i fear space most
9)i fear my dad most
10)i fear thunder most
11)i fear gun most
and a host of others.
but looking at these, we will discover that none can ensnare a person with no hope of survival.
there is only one thing we should fear most.
it is not God, neither the devil nor all that is listed and the host of others.
There is only one thing that gave the devil access to Job's life and that was Job's fear of losing all that he has. i must confess; that thing ensnared him (job 3:25).
my dear brother, what you should fear most is no other thing than FEAR itself.
whatever you fear most shall be your greatest achilles heel (for more on achilles heel. click here!).
you need to be very careful of your fears!
it was this same fear that befell all the israelites. in the day when twelve men were sent to spy the new land, they brought this report:"And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight"(Num. 13: 27-33).
this was their fear and they showed it forth before God when they displayed:"And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt"(Num.14: 1-4). here they commited two offences. one being the fact that they were afraid at the appearance of just their opponents stature. two: they prophecied with their own mouth out of fear that they will not enter into the promised land. and out of all these people, only Joshua and Caleb rose up to demonstrate faith and courage. only these two people never fear and they never prophecy evil of themselves, and only these got to the promised land. all these people that prophesied and demonstrate all their fears perished in that wilderness. the power of tongues shall be treated cordially in the next post.
if you have the fear of failing, the devil will capitalised on it to attack you, and before you know it, you are down.
always note that whatever you like most, whatever you hate most and whatever you fear most remains the weapons of penetration for all spiritual enemies.
therefore, i am imploring you to stop all phobias.
the word of God made it known in this form: "for God does not gave us the spirit of fear (or timidity or bondage), but he gave us the spirit of love, power and soundmind(or selfcontrol)"{2 tim.1:7}.
if God does not give you the spirit of fear, then you ought to know that fear is not part of you and you could get rid of it.
its now all left for you to deliver yourself from all those things which you have built up in your heart. they were imaginations, but you have turn them to virtual demons, a monster which keeps on pursuing you.
let the spirit of love, power and self control, therefore, takes the place of fear in your heart!!! |
posted by bamgold @ 11:33 PM  |
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