Godly fear is what God has called every Christian to hold fast to so he or she will be successful in their walk with Christ. Proverbs 1:7 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.” A wise man will fear God and heed His voice and seek to know His will and submit to it with reverence. Our wisdom in life comes from fearing God. Psalm 111:10 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.

His praise endures forever.” Having Godly fear brings forth peace in a Christian’s life because you do not fear any obstacle that comes your way because you know God’s in control. Psalm 27:1 “The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?” When a person fears God and chooses to walk in His ways he is confident that God is with him and God’s protection is on his life. Proverbs 1:33 “But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil.” Another great verse which gives us confidence not to fear lives challenges if we are walking right with God is Proverbs 2:7-8 “7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly; 8 He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints.” This does not mean that as God fearing Christians we will not have troubles in life but at least we will have peace that we are walking right with God and that He is in control and that He knows what’s best for us. Having confidence in Christ brings forth victory in All circumstances that come our way…Let us therefore pray to God to establish His Godly fear in our lives so we can be the children of God He has called us to be. Amen! Proverbs 14:26-27 “26 In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And His children will have a place of refuge. 27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death.”

I would like to share with you my thoughts on different examples of what worldly fear can be. A good example of worldly fear is a Christian who does not live in Godly fear but is living totally in sin and has no peace at all but instead has fear of the consequence and penalty of his or her sins. This is where fear of death kicks in as well. A Christian deep inside knows that if they are living in continual sin the consequence is not going to be good on earth or after they die. That is if they continue living in sin without making an attempt of repenting from it. This type of fear can torment a person. The fear of sin being exposed is another example of worldly fear. Those who sin undercover always live in fear that their sin is going to be revealed. This too can torment a person just like the fear of the consequence of one’s sins. As you can see there is no peace whatsoever in worldly fear.

Another example of worldly fear is not trusting in God with our daily lives and having fear in every trial that comes our way just like those who do not have Christ in their lives fear. The world fears when they lose their job, or get diagnosed with some sort of illness because they do not have the hope and the promises that we as children of God have. The world fears of what they will eat or what they will wear or if they will be able to pay their rent at the end of the month but God promises in His word that if we seek His kingdom and His righteousness that everything else shall be given unto us.

Matthew 6:25-33 “
25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

The world also fears that they can’t overcome any kind of sickness or disease and that once they are diagnosed it’s over for them. That fear by itself can torment and kill a person. But if we choose to believe in His word which states that by His stripes we are healed and not fear what the doctor’s have diagnosed then we will wait on God with peace in our hearts for His will to happen in our lives. 1 Peter 2:24 “24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.”

These are just several of the many types of worldly fears that exist. But the concept is the same that not knowing God and not trusting in Him equals to falling into the category of worldly fear. Do not be discouraged if as a Christian you see yourself falling into any of these worldly fear catagories because I myself as a Christian have seen myself in more than one of the above examples. Even the disciples of Christ who actually saw Jesus and had Jesus with them during a storm feared for their lives. Peter a mighty disciple of Christ whom Christ build is church on even feared for his life and denied his Lord three times. But after Christ’s death and resurrection the disciples grew to another level with their relationship with Christ and Godly fear was actually being established in them. My fellow brothers and sisters it is a process in every Christians life, the more we know our Lord the more we will fear Him the right way and the more we will trust Him with our lives. Help us Lord! Amen…

Proverbs 14:2 “ He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.”

Another reason why God sent His Son to this earth in the flesh was because man was helpless and needed a helper who can understand and sympathize with the struggles and temptations that go on in the flesh. Though Christ was tempted in all ways, He never sinned or even got close to sinning. The promise for us is that we can boldly go to the throne of God and cry out for help and He will understand our pains and struggles and help us through each and every temptation and struggle.  Hebrews 4:14-16   ”¹⁴ Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. ¹⁵ For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. ¹⁶ Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

God has promised us that He will not allow us to be tempted more than what we can handle. God knows His children inside and out and He knows our weaknesses even before we cry out and confess to Him.  Psalm 139 totally explains the perfect knowledge that God has of man. Now if God knows us that well then He also knows how much temptation we will be able to handle and will not allow us to go through more than that. After all He is our Creator and we are His children. Which parent wants to see their child struggle and fall into sin that will lead them to destruction. How much more our loving Father in heaven will protect us from temptations we can’t handle. 1 Corinthians 10:13   “¹³ No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”     As you can see in this verse God even promises us that even when we are tempted He will make a way of escape.  For in our weakness He is strong and His mighty grace will be sufficent to overcome anything that comes our way.  1 Corinthians 12:9 ^“9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”  Amen!!!

Be of good cheer my brothers and sisters in the Lord. Our God has promised us that we are not alone in our walk with Him and that He is going to help us in this path in which He chose for us to walk in. He is the author and finisher of our faith and has promised us He will help us get to the finish line.  Phillipians 1:6  ^“ being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;”.  Praise be to God for the hope we have in Jesus because we could not have walked this Holy walk on our own!!!!  Always remember that    ^“4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”  1 John 4:4   AMEN!!!

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Introduction to Daily Struggles

As Christians and children of God we daily struggle with sin and temptation. As long as we are living in the flesh the battle between our flesh and the spirit will occur. It is up to us as children of God to choose who we will serve and who we are going to allow to lead us, our flesh, or the Spirit of God. Let us strive not to be slaves of sin but slaves of the mighty Word of God! If we want to have victory over our daily struggles we need to daily study the Word of God and search for passages where God promises us victory over sin and temptaion. The more we fill our hearts and minds with the mighty Word of God the less room we will leave for any kind of sinful craving or temptation. As you start studying the Word of God, and getting to know the truth, that is when God has promised freedom from any kind of bondage of sin. Get to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and you shall overcome all of your struggles. As our Lord has promised in His Word,

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:31-32