As I was reading Hebrews
4:1 so much jumped out at me; “Let us fear lest you
miss the promise that comes from entering His rest, and you come up short of
entering it.” “Let us fear?”
Doesn’t God say, “Fear Not, be not
dismayed, for I with you!” and, “we have not been given a spirit of fear, but
love, power and a sound mind!” but this text says, “Let us fear!” The Message Bible says, this resting in Him
pulls us on to His goal for us, so we should fear that we are disqualified or
miss out.
This is not a contradiction but a collaboration of truth. Which means….there are things you are not to
be afraid of.,… “don’t be afraid of their faces, I will make your face like
flint! Stand Up against them! But there other things that we should Fear!
So what should we fear? My first
thought was, death. But I’m not afraid
of death as long as I live first. What
I’m afraid of is if I live without living!
The worst thing would be to live and die like the Children of Israel in the
wilderness, and not go in and possess the promised land.
Carol and I see so many people living life with uncertainty, no
purpose, not sure, would have done it different, could have had it, afraid of
success or just not even trying!
I know we all grow up hearing, Don’t run up there! Don’t touch that! Don’t do that, you’ll fall! But….to live and die and not know your
purpose? Settle for mediocrity? Settle for less because you are more afraid
of your opposition than the One who empowers you to be Amazing!
So what I believe the writer in Hebrews is saying, you need to fear living
life by just existing. I can’t imagine
any of you living and dying without fulfilling all you were created to be!
Think about this question: What leaves people stuck in a place where
they never touch what they were called to do or be? Is it intimidation? I don’t thing so! I believe it’s refusing to dare to live life
fully alive. It’s failing to get up everyday
ready to fight against the fear of falling short of your greatness, or settling
for less!
Faith is not only a noun but a verb!
You must work it! When will you
say things like; Enough is Enough? I’ve
lost enough stuff? Nothing and No one
will steal away my marriage? I will not
give up on my children? I will do
whatever it takes to land that new job? I
refuse to be a Passive Christian! Enough
is Enough!
I love Blind Bartameus, yelling, and with everyone around him telling him
to be quiet, but No! He keeps yelling
for Jesus to Help him! Faith is not
passive, but aggressively at work yelling, “See Me Jesus?” You don’t’ need to show Him that you’re cute,
but that you are a mess. “See what I
lost while I was trying to get to You?
See Me Lord?” I love the fact
that Jesus noticed and gave him what he desired.
Don’t be afraid to yell, scream and chase Jesus to get a Miracle! It’s no wonder God says, “Surely goodness and
mercy will follow me all the days of my life!”
Part of this happens because we fear doing nothing and letting life kill
us. We must rise up and take back everything
that has been stolen! Reverse every
curse that has been placed upon us.
Defeat and destroy everything that was meant to take us down!
