The Spirit of Fear...

"For God hath not given us  the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 

2 Timothy 1:7

      
      I have had this verse on my mind a LOT today. I am so thankful that God has not given us the spirit of fear. So many times, we get afraid of something - sometimes it's a "natural" fear: the fear of heights, the fear of insects/reptiles, etc. And, other times, it's a fear that the devil has put on us. For instance, there have been several church services that I remember being a part of and the Spirit of God will start to move in a very strong way, and I'd look over and see someone (sometimes a visitor, sometimes not) shaking with fear. What is that? It's the devil trying to convince that person that whatever is going on there is not something that he/she wants to be a part of. That's basically it. I've seen it. I'm sure you have seen it - if you have been around the church for a while. You may not know what's going on, but that's it. They will be shaking with fear. The Bible says that God hath not given us the spirit of fear. That's right. Fear is a spirit. We, as humans, don't like to talk a whole lot about spirits. We get intimidated. I'm guessing it's because we don't really know a whole lot about them and, because of that, they intimidate us. There is another verse in the Bible that says,

 "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba Father."

Romans 8:15

      Jesus is our Father. He is someone we can go to with whatever we are feeling. I know there are some who, when they think of their earthly father, do NOT want to refer to Jesus as their Father. Simply because their earthly father has not been a father. But, the great thing about Jesus is - He isn't "JUST" our Father...He is our EVERYTHING! Anything and everything that we need...it is found in Jesus. If fear is holding us captive, then we need to get a hold of our Father and beg Him to take that away. I've seen kids with their dad's because...if they want something bad enough, it is VERY difficult (and nearly impossibly) for their dad's to say "no"...they try to, but if the child wants it bad enough, then they will keep persisting and, after a while, the dad has no choice but to give in. Why? Because they love their children and want them to have everything that child's heart desires. 

      I guess that's just something I have been thinking about and so I figured I would put that on here...I hope everyone is having a great day! God bless!