FAITH OVER FEAR

             Sometimes I think I’ve been through too much which has made me immune to a lot of things that should strike fear in me. But is it enough to just feel fearless?

As a Christian, being fearless should derive from a place of great faith and believing that whatever you are going through, God’s got your back.  Also, in times of lack of faith which comes rushing in with deep fear and anxiety, which is very common to all of us as much as you pray and believe in God sometimes fear will get a hold of you. That is a good time to seat and think about your emotions and I have learnt both through experience and counseling trainings that most of the time fear derives from a past traumatic experience that somehow always finds a way out even though the situation at hand are not related to our past situations. That is your brain playing tricks on you. In most cases something you didn’t heal from will always hunt you back in form of fear and that is why healing is very much so encouraged. Healing eliminates chronic fear.

And so back to choosing faith over fear now and in any point of our lives; it is good to look back at past situations that God pulled you out of and use that as an insurance to choosing faith over fear. Though they were not easy but no situation allowed by God in our lives leaves us the same. The life lessons carry much more weigh and value than the tears that were shed. I can testify to that.

                 

                Faith is the act of believing in the things you can’t touch or see which makes it a choice. 

       In this times of the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of people have chosen fear over faith and some of them are Christians, which is very sad and a lot of people have questioned God. Other “Christians” have decided to ignore the instructions of their Ministry of health by going out and doing as they please in the name of “God is bigger than any virus” hmmm, now this is where I believe God is testing his so called people. The bible teaches about DISCIPLINE AND OBEYING LEADERS AND AUTHORITY. And so where do we stand? Are we missing the point here?

Judges 6:23 “Calm down! Don’t be afraid”

Exodus 14:14 “The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm”

During this period, take time to evaluate your relationship with God especially your faith. God is trying to send a message here people, let’s not miss it by just leaving in fear, let’s stay at home, be safe and practice discipline and obedience as we reflect on the coming months of the rest of the year.

Quick reminder:

“Calmness is the way we show that we are trusting God”

“Sometimes God calms the storm.

Sometimes he lets the storm rage and calms his child”