Welcome to "Victorious Daily Devotion" in the victorious name of Jesus Christ! 🌹🙋💐
Topic : FEAR! Fear Grips Everyone! No One Can Escape. But It Varies From Each Individual. Those Who Are Closer To God And Hide The Divine Word In Their Lives Will Be Able To Conquer And Live A Joyful Life..
Fear can be paralyzing. Those who suffer from the effects Of fear have difficulty in accomplishing the purpose of God’s calling In their lives.
When fear raises its ugly head to intimidate us, we must resist the urge to run and instead turn to face it...
Fear can be paralyzing. Those who suffer from the effects of fear have difficulty in accomplishing the purposes of God’s calling on their lives. They struggle with moving forward when the Spirit says “Go!” and they struggle with remaining in place when the Spirit says “Stay!” Satan always will have the fear option available for every believer who dares to step out in faith to do God’s will. However God hasn’t given His people a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and sound mind to do what would be impossible without Him.
Let us focus on the acronym the 5 Biblical ways to gain victory over our fears :
1) Face the Fear
“ ‘But by righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back’ but we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved” (Hebrews 10:38-39).
When fear raises its ugly head to intimidate us, we must resist the urge to run and instead turn to face it. We can deal with it because God who is within us is greater than the devil and anything that comes against us. In order to have the victory, our first response is to pray and ask the Lord for strength through the gift of the Holy Spirit. He will give courage to our soul and vision to our mind to overcome the spirit of fear.
2) Expect the Resistance
“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7).
Just because we deal with fear once, it does not mean that we will never encounter it again. When Jesus was tempted by Satan, scripture teaches us that “When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time” (Luke 4:13). We are not better than Jesus and fear will come back another time perhaps when we are weakened, when we are tired, weary, or not feeling good. The victory happens when we make up our minds to resist a passive approach to fear every single time we face.
3) Apply the Word
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love” (1 John 4:18).
The spirit of fear can’t occupy the same space as perfect love! One will eventually overcome the other. Our love is built up as we read, study, memorize, and obey the Word of God to every area of our lives. No one will ever overcome fear without the love of God expressed through the Scriptures. It’s the truth and love of God keeping His promises that strengthens our faith and we are no longer fearful regardless of the situation.
Have s joyful and blessed time! 🙂🌹🙏
Benedict James
