A FAITH-FILLED, PROPHETIC WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT!
October 1, 2023
BY CRYSTAL G.H. LOWERY
This morning, I opened my email and within the first 30 seconds of seeing the subject lines, there were three separate emails that got my attention. They tried to induce fear by loudly insisting that I open each email to find out if the bank I use is on the list they provide. The language in the email was urgent, almost so that if I didn’t act RIGHT NOW, my entire financial life would probably be hanging in the balance and I could lose everything I have worked for if I bank with any of the institutions on their list.
Do you see how fear tried to creep in to my life and spirit early in the morning when I did something as “innocent” as checking my email. The email was designed to be an attention getter and in order for me to open the email, I would basically need to be so afraid that if I didn’t, I could lose everything.
This is just one example of how the enemy uses people and through the guise of being informed, responsible, and even being a good steward, people can allow the spirit of fear to enter in and go through the crack in the door. We often think that fear is outright or overt fear, like watching horror movies or going to haunted houses, but covert fear is fear just the same. It is very subtle. You know it is trying to enter your life because it doesn’t give you peace. When I opened my email, I could feel my heart race just a bit. I had to shut it down immediately.
We have to be on guard and alert to discern when there is a spirit of fear ready to push its way into our lives. I am sure you have heard this before, but maybe you haven’t. Fear is such an important topic that in the Bible, you will find the command NOT TO FEAR 365 times. That is reminder and command for every day of the year. DO NOT FEAR!
I’ve often thought that fear is meditating on the promises of the enemy. Love is meditating on the promises of God. Fear and Love are not just opposites. They don’t equalize each other out, like polar opposites. Love is so much more powerful than fear. God is Love. That is God = Love. He is the very absolute essence and purest Love there is. When we have Love, there is an absence of fear.
A real eye opener is I John 4:18. It says, “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love… (NKJV)”. So, if we begin to fear, we need to call out to Love – God Himself. God is Perfect Love! He is absolute Love, so there can’t be even the tiniest, smallest, most minute particle of fear in Him. It is not possible, because that wouldn’t be absolute and perfect Love.
Perfect Love casts out fear. This reminds me of how Jesus, through what He did for us with his death and victorious resurrection, cast our sin from us as far as the east is from the west. It will never ever be attached to us again. It is as far as is supernaturally possible away from us for all eternity. This is what Love does to fear. It casts it as far as supernaturally possible away so it will never ever touch us again.
When I think of an image of torment, I think of horrible, miserable pain and suffering, darkness and wailing in a deep pit or dungeon. How horrible. That is what we deserve because of our sin. But…when we accept Jesus as our Savior, we don’t get the torment or punishment we deserve for our sin. In fact, Jesus suffered ALL of that torment for us when he went to the deep, dark pit of hell. He took on the sin that all of us have committed and actually OVER paid for us once and for all. Isn’t it so beautiful how our Jesus LOVED us so much that even though He NEVER committed one (not even a tiny, tiny sin), He would go to the cross for all of us and pay the price that we could never come close to paying?!?
If we are suffering from fear, we have not been freed from the chains of torment. We somehow think we must suffer and be tormented, when we have been redeemed and we have been bought and paid for by the blood of Jesus.
Friends, if you are suffering from fear or any relative of fear like anxiety, you don’t have to live under that curse. You can live free. It could be something as simple as fear creeping in by way of an email, a work situation, a health diagnosis, a financial crisis, the political situation, the economy, or a pandemic, but fear is fear. Don’t allow it into your life. Remember, there is a command to NOT FEAR for every day of the year. Renew your minds to this and purposefully ask the Holy Spirit to help you discern when fear is trying to elbow its way into your door.
As I was driving today, I clearly heard the Holy Spirit say, “DON’T FEAR THE REST OF THE YEAR!” Don’t do it. Focus on Jesus. Keep your eyes on Him. When you meditate on the promises of the enemy, you will have fear.
Instead, look to the promises in the Word of God for your life, your family, and every situation. When you meditate on the promises of God, you will have Love.
Choose to meditate on, walk in, live in, and have a relationship with LOVE! This is not a season to fear, but a season to Love! Based On Faith.
Crystal G.H. Lowery, Esq. is a Christian Estate Planning Attorney and is the owner and founding attorney of Law Office Of Crystal G.H. Lowery, LLC. She is also an ordained minister who has a passion for sharing Jesus. Based on Faith is an organization whose vision is to become an international resource that increases biblical knowledge of faith within the Body of Christ through comprehensive teaching, discussion of law, and the prophetic.
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