We all know the scripture that states that “faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen”, but as I was meditating the thought came to me that if faith is a substance, then so must “fear” be. If the faith in something has the power to produce a positive outcome, then it stands to reason that fear possesses that same degree of power. You might even say that fear has a greater power to produce the negative.
In a real sense, fear is a form of negative faith. A strong belief that something bad is going to take place generally opens the door for it to happen. While they are polar opposites in terms of their role in your life, in many ways fear and faith operate on the same level.
Both require that you strongly believe in their potential. Both invoke a sense of reality into your thoughts before you actually see a physical manifestation. And lastly, both seek to dramatically change your life.
This is not going to be a long drawn out segment, but I would like to interrupt your day with the question of which element you are existing from today. While we all have probably experienced the “in your face” type of fear that causes your knees to shake, I believe that it is the subtle fear that we must look out for.
It’s the fear that leads to complacency and in-action that we must look out for. A fear that sneakily lurks under the radar, whose message is that nothing will ever change no matter what we do. A fear that keeps you from reaching. A fear that steals your Godly birth-right as an over-comer and a powerful force in the world.
If your reaction to that last statement was, “who…me?” Then this blog is for you! You are more than, not less than. You are destined, actually the Bible says predestined. You can have and attain but you must choose, ‘faith’ or ‘fear’. It’s just like God said, “I present before you, life and death”, but it still is your choice.
What is fear stealing from you today? To me, fear is a substance much like dog-pooh. If you smell that substance on your shoe, you must quickly act to get it off so that it doesn’t contaminate other surfaces like your carpet! Are you smelling anything?
