UNEASINESS

There is a tremendous amount of uneasiness an uncertainty stirring in my spirit. Probably because I Do Not Want to go to work this morning. Facing the unknown. I want to stay in bed. Hide under the covers. Not face what lies ahead. Afraid. Sure I can use the excuse I am still under the weather. Not 100 percent.......

Even though I really do not suffer really big time from OCD, I have my moments when I really become obsessed. Yesterday was certainly one of them.

Joyce Meyer's devotional is encouraging to me as I head back out into the real world after being bombarded by illness, exhaustion, fear, panic attacks, you name it, I encountered it.

I cannot tell you how grateful I am to have survived these past couple of weeks. Had some scary moments. The enemy has been alive and well.

JBR had some time to be seriously alone with her Creator these last few days. Showing her now how some of her weaknesses have become strengths relationally. And it is time to put them to use in order to combat some of the fears from her past.

Stepping out into a higher level. JBR does not want to live such a narrow fearful life as she has. JBR wants to be ruled by courage and not fear. And when those times of attack come. And THEY WILL COME. Trusting her Savior to be right there to comfort her immediate fears and remind her He has her in His arms and they will walk her challenges out together. In Him she can give her deepest fears and have them replaced with courage.

Are you doing what you really believe you should be doing at this stage in your life, or have you allowed fear and a lack of confidence to prevent you from stepping out into new things—or higher levels of old things? If you don’t like your answer, then let me give you some good news: It is never too late to begin again! Don’t spend one more day living a narrow life that has room for only you and your fears. Make a decision right now that you will learn to live boldly, aggressively, and confidently. Don’t let fear rule you any longer.

It’s important to note that you can’t just sit around and wait for fear to go away. You will have to feel the fear and take action anyway. Or, as John Wayne put it, “Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” In other words, courage is not the absence of fear; it is action in the presence of fear. Bold people do what they know they should do—not what they feel like doing.

Lord, show me any narrowness in my life and help me to take the steps of faith that break the rule of fear over my life. Amen.


From the book The Confident Woman: Devotions for Each Day of the Year by Joyce Meyer.