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The secret to our emancipation from enslavement to our excessive fears is a fear transfer.
There's fear and then there's Fear.
The terrified Israelites saw 9-foot-tall Goliath, his massive armor, his bronze helmet, and his monstrous spear, and they trembled in fear.
David also saw Goliath, with his armor, his helmet, and his spear--and he lifted his eyes even further to the God of angel armies, so much higher and greater than the giant, and David feared God.
Jon Bloom again:
David also saw Goliath, with his armor, his helmet, and his spear--and he lifted his eyes even further to the God of angel armies, so much higher and greater than the giant, and David feared God.
Jon Bloom again:
Fear is something God designed, not the devil. God designed fear so that we would flee real danger. Fear is meant to be a mercy. Its purpose is to direct us to safety. When our soul is ordered right, we fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
But the devil perverts reality with his lies and seeks to use fear on us backwards. He wants us to fear evil and turn away from the Lord.
Of the disciples in the story of Jesus calming the storm (Luke 8), Bloom says, "Jesus transferred their fear from the storm to Jesus."
Fellow strugglers, realize that fear is not the enemy. It is not something to be eradicated.
It is something to be ordered aright, helping us to joyfully worship our great God.
Fellow strugglers, realize that fear is not the enemy. It is not something to be eradicated.
It is something to be ordered aright, helping us to joyfully worship our great God.
We are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You.”
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