No Spirit of Fear

Greetings!

We are in some trying times right now, and a lot of folks are fearful of what tomorrow may bring. We are afraid to go out and afraid of staying in. We are fearful for our finances, our jobs, our children, our families...of everything. The Bible says in 2 Timothy 1:7, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, of love, and of a sound mind."

What made me think about that this week is that I am deathly afraid of snakes. I love the country, but I am always afraid that I will see a snake. Mostly, snakes will not come out in heavily populated areas. Ok, my mind may know that, but my body is not so sure. Anyway, recently I had a dream about a snake, and in this dream the snake came out and I saw it, but instead of running like I thought I would I grabbed it by the neck and threw it down on the ground and asked this man that was standing nearby to chop his head off. But, here's the crazy thing....I kept replaying the scenario with different people killing the snake. I still grabbed it by the neck, but I was asking different people to kill it...some were family members, and some were strangers. I don't want to get into the spiritual meaning of dreaming about snakes in this post, but what God revealed to me was that I am no longer bound to fear.

Oh my goodness...that is so huge for me. I have operated in fear for most of my life, and although I would do it afraid I wanted to know what it felt like to NOT be afraid, and God gave me that. God answers our prayers. I would read 2 Timothy 1:7 and believe with all of my heart that I had been set free, but something in me still doubted it...but not anymore. I know what is feels like to be fearless. I saw myself taking authority over the thing I feared the most and I am not going back. I HAVE BEEN SET FREE. Praise God!

When Jesus went to the cross, He not only took all of our sins with Him, we were also set free. Now we just have to walk in it.

Until next time...

Be blessed