FEAR

IN THE PHOTO ABOVE, BRANDON, JENNIFER AND CINDI VEGA. 7 YEARS AGO A TAXI JUMPED THE SIDEWALK AND LANDED ON 8 YEAR OLD BRANDON. HE WAS CRUSHED UNDERNEATH. HE SUFFERRED TWO BROKEN FERMURS, FRACTURED SKULL, BRAIN DAMAGE AND INTERNAL ORGANS CRUSHED. NO PULSE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. HIS MOM (CINDI VEGA) WAS A SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDENT OF OURS 20 YEARS AGO. WHEN I WENT INTO HOT AND DIRTY INTENSIVE CARE TO PRAY WITH HER AND FOR BRANDON TO BE HEALED. SHE WAS JUST GLOWING IN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE LORD, ALTHOUGH SHE WAS PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTED. SHE HAD A LOT MORE CONFIDENCE IN GOD THAN I DID. SHE HAD FAITH, NOT FEAR!

HERE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE IN THE PREVIOUS PICTURE 7 YEARS LATER, SERVING THE LORD WITH US IN THE CHURECA.  HE′S A STRAPPING 16 YEAR OLD (YELLOW SHIRT) A WALKING MIRACLE. PRAISE OUR LORD, JESUS!

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Psalm 34:4: I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.

If you truly fear God, you’ll fear nothing else. Fear is a perversion of faith. Faith is excited about the future. Fear dreads the future. The world teaches us to fear. The Holy Spirit teaches us to have faith. Fear and faith both have to do with the future. No one panics about the past, nor can be proud for having faith in something that has already happened. Faith is expectation of good. Fear is the expectation of evil.

PhD’s thesis and deep research sometimes are funny. I met a mathematics PhD Candidate once whose thesis was ‘why does 1+1=2?’ That reminds of a man who took issue with;

Phillipians 4:13 ‘I can do ALL things through Christ’

His exhaustive research on the word ALL resulted that ALL actually meant ALL. 

If we truly seek God, He can and will deliver us from ALL fears, IF WE LET HIM.  When we yield to fear, any fear, we are not yielding to God. Fear isn’t of God. In fact God tells us 365 times in the Bible not to fear. If God tells us not to do something, we probably shouldn’t do it. If God tells us to not fear, than to fear is sinning.

Isaiah 41:10 ‘fear not, for I am with you!’

Either we believe God or we don’t.

Ministries and marriages are ruined by fear. Families are destroyed by fearful parents smothering their kids. Jobs are lost because of fear. Fear probably kills more people than boldness does. Fearful people attract problems. I have seen it countless times. Fear is an unhealthy obsession.

God says not to fear, because it’s a spiritual problem. He knows we won’t yield to Him if we are more afraid of something else. Fear is spiritual and it affects our walk with God. Fear says that we don’t trust God. Fear started in the garden of Eden, and hasn’t left us since.

There’s an old joke. A pastor visited a home, and no one answered when he knocked. He left a note ‘Rev 3:20; behold I stand at the door and knock’.  He came back the next day and saw a note on the door that said ‘Genesis 3:10; I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.’

Seriously though, sin is often accompanied by fear, AND fear is often accompanied by sin. If you are afraid you are likely to sin. Obeying fear keeps you from obeying God. It keeps people from witnessing, being honest, praying and going. Fear is a bad testimony.

There is a law of displacement. If you have a glass of milk and put it under a water faucet for a couple of minutes, all the milk will have been displaced by water. The love of God is like that. It displaces all fear if you continuously yield to God’s Love through His Holy Spirit.

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Dean and Winnie Peters

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Joyfully serving the 'least of these' in Nicaragua for the glory of God

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Temor

Salmo 34: 4: Busqué al Se?or, y él me escuchó, y me libró de todos mis temores.

Si temes a Dios verdaderamente, no vas a tener nada mas.

Las tesis doctorales son chistosos. Conocí a un candidato a doctorado en matemáticas una vez quien hizo una tesis titulado ‘por qué 1 + 1 = 2?’ Eso me recuerda a un hombre que tuvo problemas con los filipenses 4:13 "Puedo hacer TODAS las cosas a través de Cristo". Su investigación exhaustiva sobre la palabra TODO resultó que TODO realmente significa TODO.

Si realmente buscamos a Dios, él nos librará de TODOS los miedos, SI LO DEJAMOS. Cuando cedemos al miedo, cualquier miedo, no estamos cediendo a Dios. El miedo no es de Dios. De hecho, Dios nos dice 365 veces en la Biblia que no debemos temer. Si Dios nos dice que no hagamos algo, probablemente no deberíamos hacerlo. Es decir que temor es pecado.

Isaías 41:10 "no temas, porque yo estoy contigo"

O creemos a un Dios o no.

Los ministerios y los matrimonios están arruinados por el miedo. Las familias son destruidas por padres tan temerosos que sofocan a sus hijos. Los trabajos se pierden por miedo. El miedo probablemente mata a más personas que la audacia. Las personas temerosas atraen problemas. Lo he visto innumerables veces.

 El miedo es una obsesión no saludable. Dios dice que no temas, porque es un problema espiritual. él sabe que no cederemos ante él si tenemos miedo de algo. El miedo es espiritual y te afecta tu caminar con Dios. El miedo dice que no confías en Dios. El miedo comenzó en el jardín del Edén.

Hay un viejo chiste. Un pastor visitó una casa y nadie respondió cuando tocó la puerta. él dejó una nota ‘Ap 3:20; he aquí que estoy en la puerta y toca ". Regresó al día siguiente y vio una nota en la puerta que decía ‘Génesis 3:10; Escuché tu voz en el jardín y tuve miedo porque estaba desnuda; y me escondí ".

 En serio, sin embargo, el pecado USUALMENTE va acompa?ado de miedo. Y el miedo USUALMENTE está acompa?ado por el pecado. Si tienes miedo, es probable que vas a pecar. Obedecer el miedo te impide obedecer a Dios. Evita que las personas sean buen testimonios, oren y sigan. El miedo es un mal testimonio.

Hay una ley de desplazamiento. Si tiene un vaso de leche y lo pone bajo un grifo de agua durante un par de minutos, toda la leche habría sido desplazada por el agua. El amor de Dios es así. Desplaza todo temor si continuamente cedes al Amor de Dios a través de Su Espíritu Santo.

 1 Juan 4: 18 No hay temor en el amor; pero el amor perfecto expulsa el miedo: porque el miedo atormenta. El que teme no se perfecciona en el amor.

Dean and Winnie Peters

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Joyfully serving the 'least of these' in Nicaragua for the glory of God

www.whatistheloveofGod.com

www.pureheartchildren.org

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