How quickly anxiety and fear can grip us and steal our joy! When we're faced with things out of our control we can become gripped with fear! Fear causes us to cower, to shrink back, and makes us want to run; it can be paralyzing!
God told, both, Joshua and Gideon, as He called them into battle to, "Take courage!"; He knew their fears! Courage isn't the lack of fear, but the willingness to move against it! We are going to be fearful, but it's what we do with it that makes the difference. What we fear, God wants us to confront! What God wants us to confront, Satan, the enemy, wants us to feel threatened by! God wants us to move against fear, in faith; Satan wants us to run! Ever feel like climbing in a hole and hiding or just running away, as far as you can from the circumstances? If you're like me, I just soon avoid difficulties, but God wants us to take His hand and go through them! Confronting our fears with faith glorifies God; others see Him in us, as we choose, in our weakness, to move forward in His Strength!
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