Along the same lines, I also want to talk about fear. We need to kick fear in the butt! As parents we have a huge amount of things to be fearful of. I have replayed bad Lifetime movies over and over again in my mind. “My child will be kidnapped in the lobby…Someone will come to my door and kill me and take my children…A terrible accident will leave me comatose and my children will have to be raised by monkeys!” If I allow it, my mind goes crazy with different scenarios of what might happen. If I’m not careful, I end up paralyzed by my fear.
One of the things that God has been teaching me is that fear is a total waste of time and a slap in the face of God. It’s very clear in the Bible that as Christians, we aren’t supposed to fear. Matthew 10:28-31 says, “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”
We’ve got to stop fearing simply because God is God. He knows about anything that has happened or can happen. And yet, he tells us not to fear.
Fear is one of my greatest strongholds. If it is one of your too, I want to encourage you to seek God. Become desperate for Him and ask Him to free you. Some verses that have helped me are Psalm 46:10, which simply says, “Be still and know that I am God.” Simple, yet profound. Another verse is 1 John 4:18 which says, “Perfect love drives out fear.” My all-time favorite fear verse is Isaiah 49:15-16, “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.” Your children’s names are engraved on the palms of God. Let that soak in a minute…
Whatever we’re worried about, whether it’s your kids, your husband or your church plant, we’ve got to get it under control and allow God’s perfect love to free us.
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