Fear is a potent weapon in the hand of the devil against believers. Fear is a torment, and we must conquer it.
Fear is one of the efficient tools of the devil and he has used this tool to keep many trapped in one place.
Fear is a thing of the mind, and as we learn last week everything is decided in the mind, so when one becomes fearful and accept defeat in the mind, he also become paralyzed physically and cannot do otherwise.
Fear incapacitates someone, cripples us and keeps us from reaching our full potential.
We're led to do something and the first thing the enemy does is to attack our confidence through fear, you begin to have a lot of "what if" thoughts. Fear had kept multitude from advancing, from conquering and made us less of who we are in Christ.
It is noteworthy that when we live in fear, we're not pleasing God. He said that he has not given us a spirit of fear but of a sound mind. He expects us to not bow to fear but be confident, bold and sound.
Even when the task set before us is grave it seems big, we're not to allow fear keep us.
Numbers 13:33
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
The Israelites were defeated even before they encountered the Amalekites and Cannanites, they were scared because of the size of the sons of Anak and they called themselves grasshoppers. They declared their defeat before they had a chance to fight. And God referred to them an evil congregation. These are people I had time that I would give them this land and defeat anyone that stands against them but here they are scared of what they see, forgetting my words and calling me a lair.
Imagine, calling themselves grasshoppers. KaiiiðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
When we fear, we are simply saying the one who said He is with us is smaller than what I'm seeing.
That my village the idols there are too big, I can never go and visit. Even though God is asking you to go and destroy the idols.
Numbers 14:9
Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
This was the response of one who allowed the Spirit of boldness to speak through him. The Bible said Caleb had another spirit, while the Israelites had the spirit of fear, Caleb had the spirit of boldness and sound mind.
That another spirit which the Bible said Caleb possessed shall become our possession.
When we read through our Bible we see God always telling his people fear not, don't worry even though it looks rough don't fear because once you fear, you become defeated and hence call God a lair, saying that he cannot do what he said.
When he called Jeremiah he told him, don't look at their scary faces, don't consider them even if they look scary don't be scared, I'll give you words, I'm sending you to uproot, and to plant be confident in me
The people who were scared magnified their enemies.
But it was that enemy that Caleb referred to as bread.
What Caleb was saying is this people are bread for my God, he would trample them before they know it.
Fear can manifest in different way but we shall break free in Jesus name.
*Fear Not*
I believe that what God is saying is don't give in to fear.
When Caleb saw the Anaks I'm sure he took note of their size but he didn't give in to what the enemy wanted him to see, rather he sought for another voice.
Prayer Point
√. Father every operation of the spirit of fear in my life, let it be destroyed now.
√. Father deliver me from fear.
√. Father, we stand on the authority of the word of God that declares that no weapon fashioned against us shall prosper, therefore we destroy every weapons of fear fired in the lives of believers in Jesus name.
√. That thing that is long over due, that project that is long over due, that assignment, that instruction which I have neglected because of fear, I receive boldness to actualize it in Jesus name.
√. Father in the name of Jesus, let your spirit of boldness posses every believer and cast away the operation of the spirit of fear.
Intercession
There are ministers and ministries that would have conquered the territory which they are but have allowed fear to keep them. One small babalawo is using chicken blood to inflict fear into them, God fill them with the spirit of boldness.
Congratulations!
Written by
CWI Team.
