Slamming The Door On Fear.

Slamming The Door On Fear

Facing the future fearlessly

Read Psalms 23:1-6

We love this passage of scripture, it has been and will continue to be an amazing source of comfort and assurance in so many different circumstances and situations.

In this message we really want to zero in on vs 4, it says... Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

Literally when David speaks of the valley of the shadow of death, he is speaking about the terrors that one often experiences when they are standing on the brink of death itself.

No doubt in David's running from Saul, he often felt very near to death. And as a result David had learned how to process through his fears, and how to slam the door on his fears.

Somebody said one time that all fear is, is false evidence appearing real. As though the object of fear was just an illusion or an imagination. Or just a mist or fog that is driven away by the sun.

I wish that was true, but we both know in many cases it is not true at all. The object of our fears are many times more real than we even want to think about.

This is why I bring this question to you today, and I believe it's relative and important. How are we suppose to slam the door on fear, and face the future fearlessly when the things in our future that promote and gender fear, remain the same?

In other words, how do I rise above the reality and possibility of the manifestation of my fears.

Let me say this. You can tell someone, don't fear, don't be afraid, but does that eliminate fear when the fearful things in our environment remain the same? Of course the answer is no.

To slam the door on fear, is not just ignoring the object of our fears. To slam the door on fear you must give someone something greater than the thing that causes fear... That greater thing is the Word of God.

To slam the door on fear, you have to identify it for what it is, and what it does. You must consider fear as public enemy number one.

*Fear is a crippeling spirit, it paralyzes and neutralizes.

*Fear is a magnet that pulls you toward disaster. Remember Job said... the thing that I have greatly feared has come upon me.

*Fear is destructive in nature, because it is a child of the devil.

*Fear is the devils counter part to faith. In other words fear is faith in the devils power and ability to bring his will to pass in your life.

To slam the door on fear you must hate it. You must see it as the devil, trying to rob you of every precious thing in your life.

Fear is a sucker, it will suck every ounce of life right out of you. It will drain your soul of any hope that things could ever get better. It will wring you out like a dish rag.

If you don't conquer your fear, it will squeeze every drop of joy out of your life.

Tell your neighbor, today we're slamming the door on fear.

As I said, fear is a thief that will rob you of a thousand blessings.

*Fear is a child of the devil.

*Fear comes the same way faith does, by hearing words; but fear comes by

hearing words that are inspired by the devil.

*Fear robbed a generation of their inheritance.

*Fear almost took Peter to a watery grave.

*Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

*Fear robs the eyes of sight, and the heart of hope.

The Bible says that fear hath torment. 1Jn 4:18

Fear is a killer. It kills dreams and destinies. It throws a dark cloud of dispair over everything good.

"You must decide, I'm going to slam the door on fear."

How are you going to do this? Well what you feed grows. You must decide, I will feed my faith and starve my fears to death.

Sadly I believe in many cases that the church has done us a great disservice, by preaching to us a gospel of escapism, as though our love for God, and our faith in God, is going to protect us from going through anything.

You know I believe in telling it like it is. I believe there is too much puffing in the pulpit. "That's what car salesmen do to sell cars" They don't lie, but they embellish real heavy. Friends we don't need any embellishment in the pulpit, what we need is the pure unvarnished truth.

This is the truth, faith in God, and love for God doesn't guarantee us a problem free life. Faith in God is no guarantee that you'll never get sick. Or that your children will never get on drugs, or that you'll never suffer financially. And your love for God, and my love for God and faith in God, may not affect gas prices or food prices one bit.