“Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today…” (Exodus 14:13)

Faith and Fear
It is written, “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with my eye.” (Psalm 32:8) Has He spoken before and not do it? How do you take His word? His word is not a letter but they are life. God cannot lie, what He says He will do is a done deal. He has been God before the beginning, to the time of beginning and He alone inhabits eternity. If any word of God has failed before, then there is a reason for doubt or fear. However, if every word of God remains consistent, then there should be no room for fear in our lives. He said in Isaiah 55:11, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” God is still God over all His work and He will never fail. By virtue of His testimony, He has not given us the spirit of fear except when we choose to create a place of fear in our life in the midst of challenging confrontations. Jesus said, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63) If you will believe and exercise faith, fear will fail. It is fear that sinks man in the storms of life, while faith raises man in the storms of life. 2 Timothy 1:7, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” Is there any reason for fear in any area of your life? Remember the words, “A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you.” (Psalm 91:7) Take the word of God as life, confess and meditate it. With every positive confession, negativity will fail; pessimism will give up, and optimism will reign. It does not matter who you are or how long you have been in the Lord, when fear takes a place in you, faith will take a place outside of you. Fear is a way of telling God to back out for the liar to step in. God is a jealous God and He will never share His place with the enemy. Knowing and acknowledging the Lord’s guidance over you will cause you to always glide and ride with courage in the every path of life. God testified about Job when Satan showed up, “…Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?…” (Job 2:3) Clearly, Job feared God and God knew about it. With God’s testimony, Job should have had no reason to fear when he testified, “For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, And what I dreaded has happened to me.” (Job 3:25)  After God allowed Satan some manipulation over the life of Job, the fear in Job’s life actually became a manifestation. Could it be that Job’s fear was the invitation for Satan? The fear that is entertained will terminate the faith that can transform in the journey of life. Whatever the situation is, fear and faith cannot abide in the same place.
 
Faith and Praise
Fear God, allow faith to raise you, and praise Him with understanding. In your praise, understand that He will raise you and you will overcome. Understand that the faith-generated praise is a vital spiritual weapon for winning impossible battles in the journey of life. Paul and Silas, in the prison of termination, stagnation, and destruction, prayed and sang praises to God. Acts 16:25-26, “But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.” King David testified in his thanksgiving, “I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.” (2 Samuel 22:4) This day, week, month or year, reject fear; call upon His Holy name just as David testified. In your calling, let Him know that He alone is worthy to be praised and you shall be saved from all your enemies. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word. (Romans 10:17) When faith rises, fear will sink; when fear rises, faith will sink. Let your faith rise. Praise Him and fear will fail.         

The fear that is entertained will terminate the faith that can transform in the journey of life.
With every positive confession, negativity will fail; pessimism will give up, and optimism will reign.
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