Do you live in fear every day of your life? Fear of the unknown. Fear of the known. Fear to go out and live life because of Covid-19? Fear of dying? Fear of__________; you fill in the blank.
Did you know that God tells us to have no fear, other than the fear of Him? In fact, fear is mentioned over 300 times in the bible. Isaiah 41:10 is one of my favortie go to verses. The amplified bible says it this way; ‘Do not be afraid, for I am with you; Do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you; I will certainly take hold of you with My righteous right hand [a hand of justice, of power, of victory, of salvation].’
Through out this pandemic of 2020, most of us are so fearful to even go to the grocery store, or any where else where there’s people for that matter, and I was too in the beginning stages of it becuase it was so new to the world. But it didn’t take to long to realize that the news media has been lieing about it so much that now, I don’t even watch the news about it anymore. You can’t trust the news media, any more than you can trust the government, about Covid-19 these days. It’s been blown so out of proportion, in my opinion, that so many in the world are even still so fearful to even step out of their front doors.
ENOUGH I SAY!
If we, as Christian God fearing believers of our Lord, truly believe and trust God then why are we so scared? The bible, God’s living Word, tells us to ‘Fear Not’ the things in and of this world, including Covid-19! The bible also tells us to have knowledge and wisdom, to be smart about living in this world, but to LIVE in the world. In other words, don’t go out and puposely get the virus from someone just to see if you die from it. That’s stupid! Be smart! Use the brain that God gave us to get knowledge of the virus for ourselves and wisdom (comes from knowing Jesus) to know what to do and what not to do to live as safely as possible. I mean, common sense goes a long way to living a peaceful and healthy life on this earth. By all means, if wearing a mask makes you feel safer, wear a mask! But wear a mask because you want to not because you’re being told to by some wanna be idiot that wants to control you and everyone around you. It’s not illegal not to wear a mask, so you just do you! If staying inside makes you feel safer and secure then, by all means, stay inside for a time but ONLY for a short time. You do what makes you feel safe but remember your safety lies in the hands of Jesus and your commen sense knowledge of what to do and what not to do.
The only thing the bible tells us to fear is God Himself! Deuteronomy 6:13 tells us (AMP) to “fear the Lord your God, serve Him only and take your oaths in His name.” There is scripture after scripture that says to fear the Lord but not a single one that says fear the world, fear disease, fear people, fear _________, what ever your fear is. Granted we are all human and human nature is to have some fear, but once you’re born again (John 3:3-21), that fear is released from it’s control over you and we can trust in God, not self or mere mortal man. The bible says once you give your life to Christ you’re born again. Your life changes in that very moment, so to be born again means you’ve given your life to Christ and you are no longer in control but He is. Worldly fears should not take control over us and cause us to live fearfully and miserably. We are to trust God and live for Him, not self or the world.
If you haven’t read Ecclesiastes chapter 9, go and read it right now. Pray for God to show you Himself as you read. It’s a very powerful chapter in my opinion. The scripture that got me to really thinking this morning is Esslesiastes 9:7 (AMP) “GO, eat your food with gladness and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has ALREADY approved what you do.” In other words, don’t be fearful to live your life out in a pandemic or any other disaster in this world (there will be many) because it’s only temporary. God already knows every step we are gonna take and He is the only one we should ever be fearful of.
If you don’t know who God/Jesus is, comment below or send me a message, I’d love to share my God with you.
Have a blessed day ya’ll!!
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