Removing Fear
I guess if we are honest with ourselves we all probably have a fear of one kind or another. Snakes, spiders or things that go bump in the night, small spaces, water etc. It is often the unknown that holds us in its grip and we can be gripped by the fear of someone who is so above and beyond our understanding. This can be true of the Holy Spirit who is supernatural.
Maybe a past experience or encounter has created this fear; So that when we speak of the Holy Spirit we may be put off and
provoked into tragic resistance.
Todays question: Are you afraid of the Holy Spirit? If so why?
God our heavenly Father has given us the Holy Spirit so we can be supernaturally equipped to live for God in the way he intended. This is the same God and Father who loves us, forgives us and now gives us power to achieve what he intends us to both do and be. If we surrender our lives to Jesus then the Holy Spirit lives in us and we do not have to fear him. Being filled with his perfect love is to know freedom from all fear. The bible tells us in 1 John 4:18 “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear….”
Our fear can stop the Holy Spirit impacting our lives. We need to abandon our fears – trust God. After all he loves us so much and desires only the very best for us. Surely our desire is to enjoy all God has planned for us. For that we need the Holy Spirit.
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.”
2 Timothy 1:7
Is our fear simply down to the fact that we want to remain in control?
ASK:
Lord help me to put away my fears right now, to know that your love will never harm me and to fearlessly go wherever you may lead in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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