FEAR NOT! You are VALUABLE!
There is no need to ever fear! Yes fear will come but you must resolve to never ever fear fear!
Never fear situations, circumstances, people or places. God admonishes us not to fear.
There are more than 365 “Do not fear scattered all over the Word of God, so a “Fear NOT for everyday has been provided.
We fear many things.
We fear yesterday.
We fear today.
We fear tomorrow.
We fear because we are ignorant of the truth. We fear out of insecurities and because of our inadequacies. Instead of being afraid, we must instead do the following:
1. Be Prayerful.
2. Be Courageous.
3. Be Thankful.
4. Be Grateful.
5. Be Purposeful.
6. Be Glad regardless
7. Be Joyful.
Sometimes people take you for granted, because they do not place any value on you? They say familiarity breeds contempt? Sometimes we feel unloved, undesirable, and uncared for?
We are in situations that seem as though we are the ones giving more than we are receiving? At such times we allow fear and insecurity to grip our hearts and minds and we begin to wonder about our worth, our value and our giftedness?
We allow external forces determine our place and power? We allow others put a price and value upon our lives? Perhaps our boss feels that we do not measure up? Or it is the husband and wife situation, where the woman feels she is the only one working to keep the marriage going or the man feels the woman is just a sitting duck in the marriage?
These insecurities if not immediately checked begins to build up and soon we begin to lose our power, our peace and our place. We gradually allow fear take over our lives and this menace attacks every facet of our lives and we begin to live less than God intended and created us to live?
I know that this situation is a common occurrence in most of our lives because trouble is common to all men, we all fear something that sometimes we do not completely understand and for some reason we let spiral out of control if not immediately checked! That is why I decided to write this piece.
It happened to me. I felt that I was giving more than I was getting in many areas and for a brief moment I let this emotion wash over me until I checked myself and quickly got a firm grip of the situation. I resolved that I was not going to allow this emotion which was obviously a negative emotion get the best of me.
I immediately began to rethink who I was? I am very clear about who God made me be and I decided that no situation, no trouble, no man dead or alive would be given the power to redefine who I am. I choose who I will be as a result of who God made me originally and my studies in the word of God shows me clearly who I am.
I then began to dwell on the “WORD of GOD” about who God originally intended that I be? I am not my situation, I am not my problem, I am not what you think, I am not what they wish, oh NO! I refuse to wear the togas of this world, I refuse to be misrepresented, I reject all forms of categorizations and stigmatizations, I oppose all forms of labeling that men throw around. I am in charge here because it is my life and the only person that is allowed to name me thank God is not a mere man but the Almighty God Himself.
So I return back to my Maker to find out this simple fact?
1. Who am I Lord?
2. What is my purpose?
3. Do you love me at all?
4. How much is your love for me?
5. Do you have any kinds of plans for me?
These are the answers I found, which today I desire to share with you my friend.
1. God loves me eternally.
2. God is always thinking good about me.
3. God loved me so much that He gave his only son to die in my place.
4. God has accepted me in the beloved simply put I am a member of his Church.
5. God calls me special, beloved and peculiar.
6. God has numbered the hairs on my head.
7. God has given his angels charge over me they watch over me and ensure that I do not dash my foot upon a rock.
8. God personally watches over me, He guides and guards me every moment.
9. God has called me the apple of his eyes and he is concerned about every detail of my life, because He knows my sitting and my standing, he understands my very frame.
10. God has given me the three greatest gifts possible on planet earth, his SON, his Spirit and his Word!
11. God has perfected all that concerns me because I am a finished work that is daily unfolding, but as far as God is concerned I am a “MASTERPIECE” a masterpiece is a piece of work that has been done by a master of the craft, I am better than the greatest art work ever created! I am a wonder, a gem and a treasure. To God I am a SHINNING STAR! That is why God calls me the light in my world and the salt in my earth!
12. God calls me his beloved! His special possession, a king and a priest in this life, in fact God made me a joint heir with His Son Jesus! So I am just like Jesus is! A child of a dog is a dog! A child of a goat is a goat! A child of God is a god! A god with a little G! A god all the same!
As I basked in the knowledge of who God made me be I began to “CELEBRATE”!
What a wonderful life I’ve got! No better life than God planned for me, I do not need any one to validate me, I validate me, and I encourage myself while I continue to be the motivator and inspiration that I am! This same God is the God of us all!
So whatever you have been afraid of prior to today it is time to change the toga of fear to
1.COURAGE!
2.BOLDNESS!
3.POWER!
So instead of fear, trauma, panics and despair! STOP! STOP!! STOP!!!
Resolve instead to:
RETHINK!
REFOCUS!
RENEW!
RELEASE!
RELAX!
REJOICE!
REFIRE!
REST!
1. Rest in God’s LOVE; it never fails.
2. Rest in God’s POWER; it always works.
3. Rest in God’s FAITHFULNESS; it remains the same.
4. Rest in God’s GRACE; it is given freely.
5. Rest in God’s MERCIES; it is new every morning.
6. Rest in God’s NAME; it is a strong tower.
7. Rest in God’s WORD; it stands forever.
As you can see for us all as God’s children there is no need to fear! Fear will only dominate you if you are ignorant of your status as a son and you benefits as an heir!
Are you a child of God indeed?
If you are REJOICE!
If you are not a child of God then please! RETURN! To your lover, keeper and Maker! Just simply ask God to give you the gift of HIS son for this season, HIS name is JESUS the CHRIST!
Ask Him to come and be the LORD and SAVIOUR of your life and you too can then begin to enjoy the great and wonderful benefits of being a child of God!
Enjoy a blessed week ahead and remember this is the season of God’s grace! Christmas Season depicts the birth of our Saviour! Jesus is the reason why we are all as children of God free from all fears!
Remember that God’s thoughts towards us are thoughts of good and not of disaster to give us a future and HOPE! For we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are the called according to God’s purpose!
Finally the path of the just, the righteous is as the shining light that shines more and more to the perfect day! LIFE CAN ONLY GET BETTER!
Enjoy the beginning of the greatest days yet in your life!
If this piece has blessed you then you have my permission to please pass it on!
Copyright @ VICTORIA FADEYI DECEMBER 6, 2009
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