Sunday, May 24, 2009,9:21 AM
Fear
After yesterday's sermon, I felt a feeling of relief. I felt God knew what was going through my heart at that point. It was fear. Fear that I cannot do well for the upcoming results release, fear of losing this family because of my need to escape the hurt. God really showed me that he will be with me through this time. I felt very relieved because I was quite scared that God will sabo me.
Romans 8:28 says "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
This verse has changed my heart towards this fear. I know God will deliver me through the results and the flak that comes after it.
On a side note, I researched a bit and found that "fear" appears 326 times in the Bible and God has said "do not fear" 18 times, the word "afraid" appears 206 times and the words "do not be afraid" appears 65 times. Fear is normal but God has said 83 times that we should not be afraid for he is with us and he will protect us from what we fear.
I'll end this post with the lyrics from "Fear" by Casting Crowns.
Oh,what I would do
To have the kind of faith it takes
To climb out of this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown
Where Jesus is,
And he's holding out his hand
But the waves are calling out my name
and they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
time and time again
"Boy, you'll never win,
you'll never win,
you'll never win."
Oh, what I would do
to have the kind of strength it takes
To stand before a giant
with just a sling and stone
Surrounded by the sound
of a thousand warriors
shaking in their armour
Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand
But the giant's calling out
my name and he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The giant keeps on telling me
time and time again
"Boy you'll never win,
you'll never win,
you'll never win."
But the stone was just the right size
to take the giant down
And the waves don't seem so high
when I'm standing on top of them looking down
And I'd soar with the wings of eagles
if I could just ignore the sound
Of the waves and the giants,
the waves and the giants in my mind
Lord, you've not given me a spirit of fear
But of power and of love,
and of a sound mind
So from now on,
I won't let the tempter's lies
turn my eyes away from the prize
That you have set before me.
That you have set before me.
2 Comments:
The lyrics are from the song "Voice of Truth" btw =)
SL
Yeah. Eh... The modified version with the extra part behind is called "Fear".
The original is Voice of Truth.
Subtle differences but I agree they should just called in Voice of Truth
Ian
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May 24, 2009 at 10:20 AM
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