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“See trust grow where fear reigned.”

A thought by Christine Caine from her book, Unstoppable: Running the Race You Were Born To Win (p. 152). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

I know that fear can keep us from so many fantastic possibilities and positive circumstances.

Christine says, “Have you ever struggled with questions such as, How can I possibly meet such needs? The task seems too great and I feel too small. What if I’m not up to the task? What if I start down this road and fail?

“Do you hear the whispers of the enemy? What if, what if, what if? It’s important to recognize that voice so that you know a trial when you face one. Instead, listen to God’s voice: ‘For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind’ (2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV). The moment you taste fear, focus on the good news that you’ve just seen the territory where your faith is about to grow. Like Peter standing on the turbulent water, reach for Jesus, recognizing that though you are not trusting God to meet your needs, you want to. Our God is a good God who has great eternal plans for you that nothing and no one can thwart.

She goes on, “Do you have doors of opportunities before you that you are too fearful to walk through? I almost missed going to college because I feared my family’s reaction and tradition. I almost refused to preach around the globe because I was pathologically afraid to fly. I had also wondered, What if I fail? What if I am mocked? What will my friends or family say? Fear is just a feeling that will pass. It is not reality. Christ at work in you and through you is reality. When you learn to see areas of fear as places where trust is about to grow, fear gives way to courage.”

There is so much life that God wants us to live, really live.  Would you see that where you fear is where your trust in God wants to really grow?  Will you let it grow?  Will you?

Yes, yes!
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