Sun, Nov 13th - 5:02AM
How do you handle fear?
I was thinking about the ocean and about waves and suddenly I remembered the feelings that hit me when that Tsunami struck last Christmas. That was a strange and a weird thing, wasn't it? I mean, really really weird. I'm sure all of us suffered. I felt like the whole PLANET was suffering. Didn't you?
I got hit with so many fears and doubts when that happened. It was spiritual warfare at DEFCON 3 for me. I pictured myself in their shoes and I thought, "My God, how would I handle something like that?" I feel like the verse says, "If the footmen weary thee, what will you do when the horsemen come?"**. Then there's the other side you fall against and that's "Fear not for I am with thee." and "There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling." That's that beautiful, majestic Psalm 91.
And the message Paul got, "My grace is sufficient for thee..."
If all else fails, I'm sure I could ask God to open my eyes and, in such a case where it's life or death, I'm positive that God would humor me and show me the chariots of fire round about and the hosts of Heaven encouraging me.
**Jeremiah 12:5 "If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and [if] in the land of peace, [wherein] thou trustedst, [they wearied thee], then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?"
2 Kings 6:17 "And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain [was] full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha."
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Name: linda turner
