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Fear kills faith


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For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me. ( Job 3:25 )

There are many people who would recline in the arms of fear for solace from fear—imagine the irony—but that is what we do most of the time. Whatever we are afraid of lords over us. And it is given the power to manipulate us because fear has the power to create just as faith has creative powers too. Job said, what he greatly feared had come upon him and the reason why this became his reality was because fear attracts distractions and destruction. Another falsehood is trying to use fear as a vehicle to draw to the knowledge of God. Out of fear of something, we sometimes turn to God but the book of Hebrews captures in chapter eleven verse six how we can please God. Fear does not please God but faith. Fear causes us to go ahead of God. It drives us to tryout something before God’s appointed time is due. Fear suggests that we do something “smart” because God has given us a brain full of cells and tissues. But faith instructs that we wait on God’s word in spite of our strength and abilities. So let’s be reminded that the things we greatly fear are almost at our door if we don’t quit fear.

Prayer_Bead: Father Lord, thank you for your word. Thank you for not giving me a spirit of fear but love, sound mind and power. And so I drown my fears in the word of your grace.

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Faith; our seed and fruit.


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By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. ( Hebrews 11:11 )

Doubts are removed by action. Faith is birthed by the hearing of truth. True faith gives strength that nothing else can give because sometimes the amount of strength needed to start or stop something outweighs the thing being dealt with. This is why the best move is to fall on faith for strength. Sarah received strength in her old age by faith. If our actions are backed by faith, the odds become irrelevant to our achievement of what we set our minds on. The world is always spinning. So much seem to be happening almost all at once. In these times where so many voices call on us, we need to have a definite subscription channel where in spite of everything we can still navigate back into the path God would have us be. And faith becomes that GPS that will lead us in the way to go. A person is truly damn without faith and hope. This is why the devil attacks literally nothing but your faith and what you hope for. But we are told not to give him a footstool. Resist the devil with your faith.

Prayer_Bead: Author and Finisher of our faith, thank you for showing me the way of victory for the believer. This victory that overcomes the world, even my faith.

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The Lord is after your obedience.


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And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” ( Genesis 22:12 )

God had told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, his only son to Him (Genesis 22:2). Of all temptations and trials that Abraham might have had, this would have been more difficult for him because what he had long waited for was about to leave him. What will he say to Sarah, his wife and the people of his house? In spite of all these fears and doubts, Abraham went ahead to obey God without contention. If we would become like the father of Faith, we must obey like him. Do exactly what God instructs, no more no less. If God says kill your son—your job, relationship, education, business, association, food, etc—then lay him (it) on the altar. And if God says don’t kill him (it), take him (it) from the altar. But whatever it is, we must obey God promptly. Don’t continue to do what God had stopped you from doing after he said you should do it. Neither stop what God says you should do after he said you shouldn’t do it. Obedience is God’s measuring tape of our love for Him and our trust in Him. God will only hand out His badge of approval only after obedience is completed. Let us stop asking God for reasons when all He is asking is for us to obey Him.

Prayer_Bead: Great I Am, thank you for your word of hope. Please help me to always promptly obey you. Teach me your ways that I may know and walk with you.

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Fear hides your glory

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So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’ ( Matthew 25:25 )

The words in this verse of scripture sound familiar to us all. It is a New Testament version of those words of Adam after he and his wife had disobeyed God (see Genesis 3:10). A core characteristic of fear is that it hides ones glory. Some good things which were supposed to head for our direction were diverted to different addresses because we were afraid and doubtful. But the real source of most fears is ignorance or disobedience to what we know how to do. In the scripture above, three servants were given gold (resources) with the intention to generate more dividends and accrue more profits. The first two servants on their day of accountability gave accounts and they did well according to their strength. But the third who was only given one resource to manage, instead of investing it into something profitable went to hide it in the ground. In his words, he hid the gold (resource) because he was afraid. And because of his fear, he was rejected by his master. Nothing was given him in his honour, even the one gold he had was taken from him. Sounds familiar again right? Adam and Eve had lost the garden atmosphere because they couldn’t keep it in order; because they hid away in fear of their disobedience. We have not been given the spirit of fear. We have the Spirit of power and sound mind from God. On the day of accountability, may we not be found hiding.

Prayer_Bead: Lord Jesus, thank you for committing your gifts and grace to me. I pray that I may be found a faithful steward on the day of accountability. Holy Spirit, the Spirit of power, please erase fear from my life.

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Love’s purpose


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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. ( John 3:16 )

The most recited verse of scripture is probably the one above. We hear it almost everyday, usually in sermons propagating salvation. Sometimes in sermons of giving and making sacrifices. Today we are going to look at the purpose of love through the lens of this scripture. The purpose or reason for a thing decides where that thing goes and how it gets there. There are many suffering relationships, most of which are on the verge of destruction because there was no purpose for initiating them. God is love Himself, He does not just love but is the love itself. We read here that God had a purpose for the expression of his love. His love was aimed at the salvation of all mankind. He directed His love to man with the intention that we will be saved and not perish. For us to have eternal life, God had to give away His son to be offered as a sin offering without blemish. So the love had a purpose, a goal to accomplish, a target to reach. God’s love was not and is not haphazard. Even though Hillsong sang about the “reckless” Love of God, the “recklessness” was aimed at our salvation. Likewise we must learn to have a purpose for the love we share with those we claim to love. God loves us and so He gave; but His giving was to a certain definite end. What is the true motive of your love, is it so that you could drain someone or to take from them? Or is it to give to them?

Prayer_Bead: Gracious Lord, loving Father and King, thank you for your love and your grace. I pray that you will strengthen my love as I hinge it unto a purpose for which you have called me to advance your kingdom.

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