I've had a few people come to me lately with a specific issue that either they just began to encounter, or sometimes it's one they've been fighting what seems a vicious loosing battle for longer than they can remember. That issue is fear. Sometimes it wears different masks: doubt, worry, anxiety, and many others. But there, at the root of it all, is fear. One verse that I've shared numorous times over the past few weeks has been 2 Timothy 1:7, and it just so happens that today's Daily Devotional by Dr. Adrian Rogers addresses this very subject. So, I thought I'd post it on here in case any of you have been plagued, no matter how large or small a way, by this demon that can end up manifesting it's ugly and nasty head in many areas of our lives. I pray these words of wisdom below will grant you access to the serenity of the Spirit of God, and that your day today will run over with His abundant blessings!
October 26
BIBLE MEDITATION: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: If you want victory, you must expose the place of your doubts and fears. Many of us are not willing to do that. The devil has intimidated so many of us that we hide our eyes from the Sonshine of God’s Light. There is really nothing to be afraid of when it comes to the devil. Do you know what fear is? It is False Evidence Appearing Real. You can be fooled by false evidence. Take a bank robber with his hand in his coat pocket pretending it is a gun. His power comes from the power of deception. His power is the power of fear! Friend, victory’s arrows cannot be shot through closed windows.
ACTION POINT: Is there any area of your life that you have been unwilling to open the window on? Humbly turn your face to His Light and give your fears to God.