You can control whether or not you have FEAR... whether you are encouraged or discouraged. Jesus would not have said to “let not your heart be troubled”
Satan cannot control you outside of your will. He cannot do anything without your cooperation and consent. But you need to recognize that you’re in a battle.
Ephesians 6:10-12 reads,
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
James 4:7 says, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
God says we are to take control of all things that the enemy throws against us. Fear can take no hold unless WE allow it.
2Tim 1:7 says For God gave us a spirit not if FEAR BUT if love and SELF CONTROL. Fear is a weapon of the enemy... Satan....and Satan has no control except what we give him.
Isaiah 54:17 ESV No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.
Hebrews 2:14-15 ESV
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
Romans 6:16 says this,
“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
I personally believe that people’s first reactions to a crisis will dictate whether or not they overcome. Most people let their emotions control their course, giving them time to build huge strongholds of unbelief in their hearts. Then, after the strongholds have been well established, they turn to God and ask for help. They don’t realize that it’s much easier to keep the storm of a crisis from getting inside their hearts than it is to remove it later.
Many believe that because you’re human... a fearful and paralyzing response in a crisis is normal. The truth is that you are not only human;( if you are a believer) you’ve got the Holy Spirit of God living on the inside of you, and therefore you can prevent your heart from being troubled.
When you stand up and do what you can do, then God supernaturally energizes you.As example... Peter couldn’t walk on the water by his own human power, but he did get out of the boat under his own power. The moment he took the first step, the supernatural power of God enabled him to overcome and walk on water.
So in all this keep in mind... Jesus did not bring you to the middle of the lake to sink your boat. When the storm arose the disciples were in FEAR...They had just witnessed the miracles of Jesus and He was with them in the boat... sleeping because He had told them..."Let's go to the other side." All of this and they were struck with FEAR... When then woke Jesus he first calmed the storm... by speaking to it.. Then Jesus turns to his disciples and ask them, "where is you faith?" Had the disciple so soon forgotten who they were on the boat with? Had they forgotten that Jesus had just healed many people right before their eyes? Had they not heard Jesus say, "Let go to the other side?" Did they doubt Jesus when he said they were going to the other side? So many times when FEAR arises such as the virus in this case..we then become afraid due to circumstances that surround us.
So remember.... For God gave us a spirit not if FEAR BUT if love and SELF CONTROL. The Virus is a circumstance....Fear is a weapon of the enemy... Satan....and Satan has no control except what we give him. Stop looking at the circumstance with FEAR and remember who is in your boat.
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