Freedom From Fear
Many times we have been faced with fearful situations that make our hearts cut. The fear of what will happen, the fear of what people will say, and many other fear begins to plague our minds and reasoning. In most cases, it may be as if you are already losing your mind.
That level of anxiety can not be met by any human therapy especially when the battle still rages, storms rolling fiercely, and thunders roaring. At this point, even the will to live is gone and the strength to continue is shattered.
Then, you must do something else. Something you have been doing been doing but not well.
It is natural to seek the help of men when a crisis arises. We call doctors, friends, and families, banks for loans, consult the internet, and every other source we may think of at the time.
Basically, we seek help where there is no help. The result is that we get into more emotional troubles as we find out that man can not help and our situation not getting better either way.
What then should we do?
Seek the Lord for help. In Matthew 7:7, He said you should ask and you will have it, you should seek help from Him and you will find help, you should knock at the door of His mercy and it will be opened to you.
God is limitless in time and resources. He owns everything in the universe and is not bound by time. God can go into your past and bring it into now and also he can go into the future and manifest something great for you now. Everything you need in life is Him (God).
No matter what has caused you fear, God has handled it in the past and your case will not be different. Even if it is an organ failure or malfunctioning body part, He can create new body parts and give you brand new organs.
So, why fear? Why allow the wicked spirit of fear to torment you to death when Jesus the giver of life and joy is willing to help you stand again?
Though you are down now, you will rise again. Therefore, be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving make your request known to God, and the God of all peace will flood your heart with His peace.
Seek the Lord in prayer, seek the Lord in praise and worship, seek the Lord in humility and fear of God, seek the Lord by obeying His commandments, seek the Lord by trusting in Him that no matter what, He will do you good and everything will end up working well for your good. When you do this, you can expect only one result, a brightened countenance.
Look To Jesus
Those who look to God are never ashamed. This is because the glory and countenance of the Lord rest upon them. They are the ones who though they are down before now will not stay down but will rise and shine because God's glory has risen upon them.
It will be impossible for such individuals to lose any battle in life because they carry the presence of God in their lives.
Where do you look and to whom do you look for help?
Those who look to man will always be ashamed and wear gloom and sadness on their faces. But those who look to God in faith will never be ashamed.
Take your eyes away from your problems and battles, fix your eyes upon Jesus the author and finisher of your faith. Trust Him to come through for you and give you the victory you desire and you will not be let down.
Think about the woman with the issues of blood and her twelve years of shame and suffering, at one look and touch on Jesus, her face became brightened and her shame was taken away.
Have you been failing over and over like the sick man at the pool of Bethesda? This man had failed for thirty-eight years until he finally got the chance to look at Jesus. His years of failure ended immediately and he went home rejoicing.
How many times you have failed does not matter. If you look to Jesus today, the last failure you ever experienced was the last time you failed.
