Overcoming Fear with Love

As I listened to a message on Fear versus Love, the Holy Spirit began speaking to my heart.  I have battled fear for much of my life, since growing up with a background of abandonment, rejection, loneliness, darkness, and intimidation.  Honestly, in this battle there are times that I seemed to make forward progress in trusting God versus giving into fear.  Yet I would say that I still did not experience victory.  I was reminded again that it is only through Father's love for us through Jesus Christ that we overcome fear.  This requires we put our faith in who Jesus is for us and look to what He has done to overcome fear.

Fear is such a powerful reality.  When you are under the influence of fear your mind is filled with the worst case scenarios, you are braced for these to come true, the hope and joy seem sucked out of you, and you feel alone in this dark place.  There is no doubt that at that point we are in the enemy's camp experience the reality he wants us to live.  Kris Vallotton said, "Fear is faith in the wrong kingdom."  God's goodness and love seem far away when we are under the influence of fear.

In order for the reality of fears defeat to be made real for us we must choose to stand in faith in God's love.  Jesus took the negatives of fear on the cross and fear was crucified, all those fears no longer belong to us.  Jesus purchased for us to have hope, joy, love, and peace.  Why do we stay stuck in fear because we are believing it is more powerful that what Jesus has done and because we are choosing to hold on to it.  Fear distorts how we see God and ourselves.

We were not created to fear.  Actually fear is our brain's circuitry being high jacked because we are wired for truth and love.  It is only love in action that is able to melt the fear mindsets in our brain replacing them with new mindsets of love.  This takes not only believing in God's love for us but choosing to place our trust in His love.

I believe one of the most powerful steps we must take is to have a "No Tolerance" policy with fear.  Fear must go because Jesus overcame it at the cross and we are in Him.  I have noticed that it is eary to make excuses to stay in fear because we are drawing on this world's reasoning and assessment rather than heaven.  We may win individual battles against fear but I believe it is vital in this hour that we win the war to see fear bow it's knee in our life to Jesus Christ.  This means that we need to be willing for God to deal with the roots of fear mindsets (lies), step out in trust and faith, and for us to experience Father's love in increasing measures.  It was Jezebel's efforts to under mind the faith of Elijah that began to render him powerless.  Being convicted of what is right in God's eyes, knowing who He is for us in the situation, and who we are in Him are vital to overcome.

No Longer A Slave to Fear,
Bret