overcoming fear.
I find in life that worry gets the best of me and debilitates me from doing or focusing on all the things that I know that I am meant to do. I often wonder how similar or different I am from the people we read about in the Old Testament. We just finished our study in the book of Joshua. Thinking about all they endured, I can’t imagine that they weren’t scared. We read about how they took out their enemies, how they were tricked by some of their enemies, how they almost had a civil war over the very idea of worship and the list goes on. Every time fear overcame people throughout the entire bible they start to take matters into their own hands and they always fail. Every time people trusted in God and remembered all the things that He had done for them, they were blessed.
I find that I have many fears. Fear of man, fear of being manipulated, fear of rejection, fear of hate, fear of not being good enough and I could go on. If we take a page out of the book of Joshua, as we experienced last Sunday, we can remember our past and see the workings of God in our lives.
A suggestion for this week, is to read a passage out of Proverbs every day. There are 31 Proverbs, one for every day of the month. This is just one suggestion, but we want to hear from you. What do you do to follow God and become less fearful?
-Alan-
I find that I have many fears. Fear of man, fear of being manipulated, fear of rejection, fear of hate, fear of not being good enough and I could go on. If we take a page out of the book of Joshua, as we experienced last Sunday, we can remember our past and see the workings of God in our lives.
A suggestion for this week, is to read a passage out of Proverbs every day. There are 31 Proverbs, one for every day of the month. This is just one suggestion, but we want to hear from you. What do you do to follow God and become less fearful?
-Alan-
posted by Missio Dei at 4:09 PM
3 Comments:
Its been a while since I've read through the proverb of the day... good idea,I think I will start doing that again. I also find that memorizing scripture (which I suck at) is also a great reminder of who I am in Christ... helping me to not fear what others think. Memorizing scripture is like a cleansing agent for my mind and heart... it realy helps when I discipline myself to do it.
Toran
And for those over-acheivers out there, you can always try the 5 Psalms a day study (150 Psalms divided by 30 days... just be ready to take the day off when it's time for Psalm 116 - 120, that #119 will get ya)!
I agree with Toran's idea on memorizing Scripture for one thing. I have been very fearful of change throughout my entire life, and right now I seem to be going through a multitude of them. But I had to memorize James 1 for Missio Dei, and I found that many of the verses in there talked about persevering through trials. I feel that God wants to teach us the act of perseverence, and perhaps that's why God is allowing me to experience so much change...so I can persevere through it.
Kristin
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