“God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7

“If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:31-32 (NKJV)I love the words of an old favorite hymn, Standing On the Promises. It says, “Standing on the promises that cannot fail, when the howling storms of doubt and fear assail.” Christians often have doubt and say, “Will God really do this? Will God really do that?” Remember, you can stand on the promises of God! Don’t look at the circumstances, look at Jesus because God’s word has never failed.

“And the word grew and prevailed.” When you hide the word of God in your heart, that word is going to grow and grow and grow until the words prevails over the circumstances. You can look at situations that don’t look good, but if you stand on His promises, I’ll guarantee those promises will come true.

Anything that is not of faith is sin. (See Romans 14:23). Is fear of faith? No, fear and faith are at opposite ends of the pole, so when fear remains in your life, it is sin! No one wants to sin so let’s agree with God all the way that His perfect love casts out ALL fear.

Recently we were visiting a Canadian church. Nobody knew we were going to be there. The pastor had just extended an invitation to us on Saturday night and we told him we would love to share since we were not speaking until Sunday afternoon. When we walked in, the pastor asked Charles to go someplace with him. I was left alone for a few minutes in the narthex of the church.

I was standing there looking out the door at the deep snow when one of the ushers walked up to me, introduced himself and said, “There is an aura that surrounds you. I saw it when you walked in.” He paused a moment, and then continued, “You really know who you are, don’t you?”

I said, “I certainly do know who I am in Christ! I have overcome the devil by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of my testimony. I am a joint heir with Jesus. The Lord is my shepherd, and because of this I shall not want for anything! Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world! I’m a child of the King! That’s who I am!” Praise God, it shows!

Christians need not be cringing slaves of fear. We need to throw our shoulders back and let the world know we’ve got something special and know who we are! Not in ourselves but in Christ! When you know exactly who you are in Christ, that knowledge will drive fear right out of
your life.

Here are some words that will warm your heart. “I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth”

(Psalm 34: vs. 1).
If the praise of God is continually in your mouth, you can’t be shouting the praises of the devil and telling the world that he is greater than God! God is greater!

“My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear of it, and be glad”

(vs. 2).
Who are you going to boast about? The devil or God? You can’t do both, and if you’re busy telling the world what the Lord has done for you, you won’t have time to tell them about the fear you think you have in your life. “O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together”

(vs. 3).
That’s right. Get someone to magnify the Lord with you. If you don’t, Satan will have hundreds of cohorts ready to sympathize with you and agree with you about your fear!

(vs 4)
Then look what God promises, “I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears” (vs. 4). That’s right. You boast in the Lord, you magnify the Lord, and He will hear you and by this praise you will be delivered of all your fears! That’s what you have in Jesus – deliverance from all fears.

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