What Do You Fear?

"Put on the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God..."

What is it you fear?  An acronym that I found interesting for F.E.A.R. is False Evidence Appearing Real.  Thoughts of fear can exhaust us and keep us from having a Christ centered life.  We can meditate on these fears so much that they eventually become our "truth".  Meditating on wrong thoughts quenches our spirits and prevents us from having a life of joy in Christ.  When you find yourself experiencing fears or any other wrong thoughts, you are going to need weapons of mass destruction.  Where can we find this ammo??  A great place to start is by doing a word search in the back of your Bible or perhaps biblegateway.com.  I encourage you to not simply look at the verse itself, but to dig deeper and read it in context.  Remember that God's word is meant to  be understood in its entirety.  Ask the Lord to reveal what it says and you will find that Truth always exposes lies.  Sometimes we simply need to meditate on who God is.  It's amazing that when we focus on how big God is in comparison to our fears, it immediately destroys our "f.e.a.r." and we are able to glorify the Lord instead of worrying about it a second more. 
So what do you fear?  Here are a couple of things you may fear and a jump start to your search...

Do you fear Change? (Psalm 46:2-5)

"Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way, and the mountains fall into he heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.  There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.  God is within her, she will not fall, God will help her at break of day."

Making Mistakes? (Deut. 32:4)

"He is the Rock, His works are perfect, and all His ways are just.  A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is He."

2 Sam. 22:33

"My God is my Rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation.  He is my stronghold, my refuge and my Savior, from violent men you save me."

Psalm 37:23-24

"If the Lord delights in a man's way, he makes his steps firm, though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with His hand."

Do you fear Sickness?  (Prov. 18:14)

"A man's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?"

Being Alone? (Psalm 23)

Do you fear Pain?  (John 16:33)

"...In this world you will have trouble.  But take heart!  I have overcome the world."

Romans 8:35,37-39

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword.  No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Rev. 21:3-4

"And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and He will live with them.  They will be His people and God Himself will be with them and be their God.  he will wipe away every tear from their eyes.  There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the older order of things has passed away."  (Whew!!!! That verse makes me wanna shout!!! :) How amazing is this!!! 

Do you fear an undesirable appearance? (1 Sam. 16:7)

"The Lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him.  The Lord does not look at the things man looks at.  Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."

Psalm 45:11

"The King is enthralled by your beauty; honor Him, for He is your Lord."

Matt. 6:27-34

"Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?  And why do you worry about clothes?  See how the lilies of the field grow.  The do not labor or spin.  Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.  If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?  So do not worry, saying, What shall we eat?  or What shall we drink?  Or what shall we wear?  For the pagans runs after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.  But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you as well.  Therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself.  Each day has enough trouble of its own.

1 Peter 3:1-5 (Even if you're not married)

Do you fear falling short? (Col. 3:1-17)

We could go on and on.  Be encouraged and be blessed and search out His word today.  It will never disappoint and always lead you in the way everlasting.  :)