2/28/2023 0 Comments Confront your fearGet out of the emotion, out of our own head, and check with our heart and ask, "What is God saying in this situation?" Notice how the Lord said "stand still." That's interesting, because when the emotion of fear has hold of us and our minds are thinking one crazy thing after another, the first thing we need to do is get still. And He wants you to be bold and courageous too. God wanted them to be bold and courageous. He wanted them to be so fed up with bondage, they would be willing to risk drowning instead of going back to slavery. God wanted the Israelites to go forward into the unknown. The word fear means "to run or to take flight." So when we give in to fear we always run away from something that we should be confronting. For the Egyptians you have seen today you shall never see again." Moses told the Israelites in Exodus 14:13 (AMP), "Fear not stand still (firm, confident, undismayed) and see the salvation of the Lord which He will work for you today. Just picture their situation: the Red Sea in front of them and the Egyptian army behind them. They preferred going back to their former life even though it was miserable. ![]() When the Israelites saw their dilemma, they actually desired to go back to their former life of slavery instead of confronting the unknown ahead of them. They ended up facing the Red Sea in front of them and Pharaoh's army behind them. In the Old Testament, God brought them out of a terrible life of slavery to take them to the Promised Land, but they were then confronted with a different situation that was equally unpleasant. The Israelites are also a good example of people who had to face their fears. Thank God, He helped me press through-because if I had chosen to run from those situations, I wouldn't be here today. So I had to confront those early fears of what others thought of me and a fear of being different. And when I stepped out in obedience to God to do it, it wasn't easy. Back then, many thought women shouldn't teach and preach, and that's what God called me to do. For example, in the early part of my ministry I had to suffer the loss of reputation. Sometimes you must suffer through something to defeat your fear of it. ![]() For example, Romans 8:31 (NKJV) says, "If God is for us, who can be against us?" And Psalm 27:1 reminds me that if God is on my side, whom shall I fear? There are times when you have to stand your ground and speak God's Word to get the courage you need. In those difficult moments in life when there are no answers, or when unexpected change occurs-whatever the situation, I've learned to not live by my feelings and instead face the fear head on. It was a great revelation to me when I realized that I couldn't control the feeling of fear but I could keep it from controlling me. ![]() It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. The Bible says to "fear not," but this doesn't mean you should never feel scared. And that feeling is never going to go away permanently. Do you ever feel fear? We all do at one time or another.
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