Say No To Fear

Fear is crippling. It creeps up on you in your weakest moments, pointing out all the flaws to your plan, all the flaws you possess. Fear comes in like a flood in order to drown you. It muddles your thinking, affects your decisions and ultimately, can stop a good plan from coming to past.

I want to talk to you about something, I myself am experiencing. Fear. Why, there are a long list of reasons, all layering each other like an oversize cake with no support. The heavier the load is in my mind, the more I begin to lean toward the fear. The What if’s cloud the waking space and your left to make a decision on a fear based state. The word of God says, “...Lean not on your own understanding, but in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct your path.” There is a reason why God tells us not to trust our own understanding. We are one dimensional beings. We see this world and these circumstances only. God is multidimensional, he knows your past, present and future. We see only a fraction of what he does. So why is that we fear the unknown?

My nephew has come into the stage of asking “why,” and he does so often. We are so very much like this little boy when it comes to God. God tells us to move a certain direction and we want to know why and why and why. I know I do that. Because, my eyes see only the present outcome, I wonder how that answer can be sufficient. Why would that work? How can simply trusting you do the trick? Isn’t that funny? God has asked us to trust him and that is the hardest thing to do. It is easier if he tells you take two steps left then stop that at least is a clear direction. Trust…that is so broad. Trust God to do what? Am I doing the right thing now? We must trust God to do what is right for us.

This is a season of transition. I remember a dream God gave me long ago and it was of me transforming into a butterfly. That is the season we are in. We are in that tight cocoon that is breaking down the old us and creating the new us. It is an isolated situation that doesn’t feel the greatest, but the outcome is beautiful. It’s time for us to embrace our transition. Let go of fear! Let go, because

fear is slowing down the progress. Like one of my favorite cartoon character from my childhood said, “Take chances, make mistakes…” Our mistake in our mind, could be the very door God uses. Stay in fervent prayer and let God guide you. He may not say turn left or right, but like the map on a GPS, he is still guiding you even if he’s silent. So, kick fear out and embrace the transformation. This season will last only for a moment. In fact, I believe the cycle shall last two weeks. That is the time the pupa transforms into a butterfly. So make the most of these weeks, be in prayer, fast, study the word. Get ready to fly, because walking is a thing of the past.