What are you afraid of?
A few days ago I shared my fear of driving with a dear friend, I never understood where this fear came from but when I started my driving lessons I was so afraid of accelerating, afraid that I would get into an accident, afraid that I would go around a corner too fast or that I would simply lose control of the vehicle.
It got so bad that I would lay awake at night and be fearful of when I would have to drive on my own.
While in prayer on this specific night God began showing me how fear has crippled me all my life and has now found its way into the body of Christ globally. I know that God has called me into ministry and many times He showed me how I would preach on platforms all over the world, I would get so excited because I know that as much as much as I come alive in the secret place, there is something so awakening about sharing Jesus with the world, but I had stage fright for quite some time and I remember how I would literally shake in my pants if I had to step on stage during my days as a model and even when I needed to preach for my final year bible school exam. For some reason all of these things was brought to the surface now and I had this weird feeling in my stomach that I could not shake.
I saw how I never started blogging when God told me too because I was afraid that people would reject me, that no one would read my blogs, I was afraid to start my YouTube channel and share God’s word because it meant exposing myself to the opinions of people.
I asked God why I have these fears in my heart and He said ‘’It’s because you are afraid to be great’’ this response shook me to the core because I was sitting there seeing how I passed on opportunities, said no to doors God opened and limited myself and God all because I was afraid.
1 John 4: 18 says the following: ‘’Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.’’
Wow, if this scripture doesn’t shake you the way it did me I don’t know what will
Can it be that we have only experienced a portion of this great love of Jesus?!
I want to ask you today what happened in your childhood that made you afraid to trust God? to trust men?
After being abused as a child I never looked at a man in the same way, I was afraid that a man would hurt me in that way again, I was afraid to have daughters one day because I didn’t want the same thing to happen to them.
Do you have stage fright? The enemy has you trembling with fear right now because he knows you have been called to preach in front of millions of people.
Afraid of rejection? So you reject everyone before they can reject you.
I want you to pause right now and ask yourself ‘’What am I afraid of?”’
Am I afraid that like Sarah I would have to wait 13 years before seeing God’s promises come to pass.
So afraid that you would rather birth a counterfeit rather than wait on the promises of God?!
See, Sarah was afraid of never having a child and she gave her husband to another woman just so that she can have the thing she wanted most and that is how Ishmael was born, to this day Isaac and Ishmael is still a nation against each other over in the middle east, because that is what a counterfeit creates, it robs you of peace, it gives you fear.
While the disciples were on the boat in the middle of the storm, they started panicking and Jesus asked them ‘’Why are you afraid? do you still have no faith?”’ Jesus couldn’t understand how these people who have seen all these great miracles take place can still be afraid and the harsh truth is that fear, fear comes from a place of unbelief.
I want to urge the body of Christ to take your eyes off this world, take it off this pandemic, give your fears to God, surrender it today. If you are looking at life with fear, you will die in the wilderness with the hope of seeing the promised land, that is not God’s will for us as believers. He wants to see us live free from fear
The Spirit of God is showing me how many of you are afraid to BECOME, because it will require surrender on a daily basis, it will require you to say yes to God and no to fear.
The enemy has tried to fight me from getting this blog out and I will just not let him succeed, I pray right now for the church globally, I renounce the spirit of fear in Jesus Name, I pray that the peace of God will be on your minds right now in Jesus Name. God has not given you a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind and having a sound mind means having the capacity to think, reason, and understand for oneself that the righteous will never be forsaken. I pray that the peace of God will guard your hearts now more than ever, church don’t let this world control your mind with news, with storylines of no hope instead fix your eyes on the author and the finisher of our faith in Jesus name.
Don’t be afraid… Jesus is with you
Savannah Solomons