Fearless

The first thing that we need to know is that God doesn’t give us the spirit of fear. We were only born with 2 fears and that is the fear of loud noises and the fear of falling, ever other fear was taught to us as we grew older. For that if we can teach ourselves to be fearful then we can teach ourselves to let go of that fear and be fearless. God gives us the Spirit of LOVE, POWER, and SOUND MIND (2Tim1:7).
Judges 6, 7- You will read about a man name Gideon. Even though he has a small part in the Bible, he shows a tremendous amount of faith in the Lord, which we should all learn from him. Some of the things that Gideon was afraid of:
1) He was afraid that God isn’t going to be faithful. (God is with you even when things are going South).
2) Was afraid that wasn’t good enough. (If only we see ourselves the way God see us. God wants us to live a fearless life).

Judges 6:16- The Lord answered: “I will be with you and we shall defeat the Midianites together.”

Gideon was instructed by God to defeat the Midianites that had taken over Israel. Now the Midianites was a large group of people so Gideon had to find soldiers to help fight. He was able to gather about 32,000 men. God told him that he had too many men, so God ask Gideon to get rid of anyone that was fearful and afraid. So 22,000 men turned and went home, and 10,000 remain, but God said that was still too many. So God ask Gideon to take the 10,000 men to a lake and have them drink water, and the ones that drink a certain way shall stay. So the men that drink water like a dog should turn and go home, and the rest should stay and fight. After the test, there were only 300 men that was able to stay and fight with Gideon against an army that had 250,000 men. Gideon had his faith in the Lord and trusted in Him enough to follow His words and not worry about being slaughter by the Midianites. Since Gideon has his faith, he was able to defeat the Midianites and save Israel. The Midianites were already defeated way before the fighting begun, because Gideon had faith in the Lord. Gideon walked by faith and not by sight. You have to know that you will be knocked down a few times before God will help you up. It’s like a sling shot effect. You have to pull the slingshot back in order for the ball to fly, if you don’t the ball will just fall out. So before you go forward you have to go backwards.

We Are Victorious In Christ

Question: What has fear kept you from doing what God has called you to do?

In 2Sam 23:20,21- Talks about a man that has killed lions, why because he wasn’t afraid. So we should ask ourselves, What Lion do you need to chase or What do you need to conquer? In this case the Lion is what problems that we have in our lives. As the man didn’t fear of jumping into a pit and killing those lions, because he had faith in God. Most people would fear of going into a pit with lions and confront them, but this man in 2Sam didn’t have his fear and conquer those lions.

As believers we need to be lion casers. Have no fear. Have Love, Power and Sound Mind.

To be lion chasers we need to know is:
1) The Bigger God is the Smaller the lion is. God is bigger than any problems we may have. If we think differently than our faith isn’t strong. There is NO ONE like my GOD. God can beat anything.
2) Playing it safe is risky. It could wind up hurting yourself and others as well.

Hebrews 11:6- But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

2Cor. 5:7- For we walk by faith and not by sight.

In 1Sam 15 and 16 talks about a King that had the fear of coming up short and running out. God has called upon this King to kill ever man, women, children and life stock in a town, but didn’t because of his fear of running out of resources. Because he disobey Gods command he was curse which ended up leading to his death. Disobedience leads to curses but obedience leads to blessings.

A certain tribe in Africa hunt and kill monkeys for food, and what ever parts they may need from them. In order to capture these monkeys they drill a small hole in the top of a coconut to tie a rope into it and then hang it from a tree. They also put some rice in the coconut for the monkeys to grab. At the bottom of the coconut they cut a hole big enough to slip their hand in. So when they grab the rich their hands becomes into a fist, now their hand are too small to get out of the whole. They know the enemy’s are coming but they won’t let go. The monkeys believe that they want this so badly that they won’t let go, so they end up starving and dying. That is the same with us. We want something so badly that we have a fear of coming up short. So if we don’t learn to let go we are going to end up like those monkeys in Africa.

1) Knowing that God is out unlimited supplier.
2) Start knowing who you are in God.
3) Understanding and know what God can do through you.

Have faith in God and He will provide with everything that you need. God said test me on this. Tithing 10% of what you make before taxes and God tells you to test Him and He will show you how far 90% will go. Pick a risky fight, meaning fight something that you are afraid of doing and put your faith into the Lord. For example, put your 10% in tithing, something that you might be afraid to do because you are worried about not having enough money to pay a bill. Take the risk and believe in God that He will provide for what you need. He will make sure that your bill is paid with the 90% that you have left. Live lift riskily and selfless. Don’t live just for yourself but for others because there are people out there that are going to hell, and it is our job as Christians is to tell people about the Word of God. Victory will come when you are obedient. Have no fear, live within the Spirit that God has provided for you: LOVE, POWER and SOUND MIND.