FEAR

Random post you may think; with no funny or cute kid pics but I love obeying God and FEAR not too so here we go!
Fear - I can truly say it is something I have not dealt with in quite some time b/c God has truly shown me his goodness and I know His character!  I have found that is the main root that fear comes back to not knowing the character of God; and fear stays b/c we don't know or use the authority that GOD has given us.  I have learned over the past few years about spiritual roots to so many things and seen over and over God truly set people free from the bondage they are walking in - it's powerful (Eph. 5:1 - It is for freedom that Christ has set you free, stand firm then and do not be burdened by a yoke of slavery).  Last night I had my first nightmare in probably close to a year.  It was all connected to an event that happened yesterday.  I told all of the kids to get into the car and started the car and began to back out of the garage without a head count.  I got a new car and am not used to the fancy backup camera on it; and even though it began beeping I thought it was just the massive amount of snow piled on the driveway - Kooper started yelling stop mom Sutton!  He had seen him in the backup camera and praise the Lord I listened to my 8 year old.  Sutton had not obeyed (but that is beside the point) he had gone out to do a little sliding on the ice before getting into the car and had actually slipped on the ice right behind my wheel.  My whole body went numb none the less and we quickly thanked the Holy Spirit for guiding us in wisdom and discernment and that we were not having to live with what could have been.  Well we went on with our day and I told Jake about our incident last night but went to bed not really knowing I had left a door open for the enemy to come in and torture me.  So about 4am when I got out of bed because I refused to go back to bed with fear, when I am called to rest in the shadow of the almighty!  (Psalm 91)  I came before God with a thankful heart, letting Him take me back to that place that could have turned out so horrible and heal that place and rebuke the enemy.  And meditated on His goodness and love for my children even beyond what I could imagine!  And I actually felt it leave - ah!  So I take a teachable moment with a grateful heart and say God is good even on our worst day and He delights in me and covers me with his feathers, under His wings I find refuge, ah, His faithfulness will be my shield and rampart.  I will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow of day, or pestilence or plague that destroys - because my trust is in Him and with Him in charge we have nothing to fear.

Anywho - God told me this is for some of you!  You are radically loved and the word of God is sooo powerful to cast off fear or any other stronghold the liar would throw at you today - the victory is yours- possess it!!!