I WILL NOT FEAR!

Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.  And by Faith we can move mountains though the power of the name of Jesus.   How does our adversary the devil work?  He works through fears, through doubts, through confusions, through strife and unforgiveness.   All of those things open a door to the enemy to do a work in your life.   How does God work?  Through faith, through love, through kindness, through gentelness, through peace, through forgiveness, through the Spirit of God, and all of those things open up doors for God to move through your life.

We are going to study today how the enemy works through fears.   When fears overtake your life it hinders your faith, and without faith the Spirit of God has nothing to move on in your life.   Fear overshadowing your life will make your prayers of non-effect.  So what must we do?   We must learn to get rid of and overcome our fears.

First let's look at how the enemy works.   1 Peter 5:8  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:

The devil is like a wild animal, the most ferocious of wild animals, a lion.  One thing about wild animals is they can smell your fear, they since it.   We were given dominion and authority over the animals.   Humans are at the top of the food chain, however, even a small dog can smell and since your fears.   You can take a small dog that is only 1/10 of the size of a human and if it sinces your fear, it will give that dog confidence that it has authority OVER you.    According to God,  this dog does not have authority over you, but the dog isn't paying attention or listening to God, the dog is paying attention to your fear.   And that fear of the dog in you is telling the dog to advance aggressively against you because your fear tells the dog that it has authority over you.

When you fear sickness, you are giving sickness authority over you.
When you fear poverty, you are giving poverty authority over you.
When you fear bad luck, you are giving bad luck authority over you.
When you fear violence, you are giving violence authority over you.
When you fear everything, you are giving everything authority over you.

Whatever you fear, you have given that authority over you.   As believers we should fear NOTHING but God.

All those things mentioned above, sickness, poverty, bad luck, violence, are tools of the devil against you in life.  Whatever you become afraid of, this is what the enemy can use to over take and over whelm you.

What did David say in the book of psalms?

yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL, for THOU ART WITH ME.

David is giving us two keys to overcoming our fears.   No matter what you are facing today, you are WALKING THROUGH IT.   It won't last forever, it won't stay like that forever.  No matter what the doctors say, maybe they say this sickness will kill you, it doesn't matter, you are only walking through it, it won't last forever.   Just imagine being in a forrest.   If you think you will be there forever and never find a way out this leads to fear, discouragement, hopelessness.   But when you realize, I won't be in this forrest forever,  I'm just going THROUGH it right now, eventually I will come out of this place, then you can walk with confidence and peace and enjoy the beauty of the landscape around you.   Knowing that you are walking through your circumstances instead of LIVING IN THEM FOREVER is what enables you to overcome fear, discouragement, hopelessness and all the other things the enemy throws at you.

So David said though I walk THROUGH the valley of the shadow of death.   How do you get under the shadow of death.   That means that death is looming over you.   What is looming over you today?   Is sickness looming over your life?   Is poverty looming over your life?   Is Violence loomig over your life?   Is bad choices looming over your life?   Is the possibility that you child is going the wrong way looming over your life.    King David had death looming over his life, and yet he said boldly, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL!   Why?  FOR THOU (GOD) ART WITH ME!

Glory, they key to a life of NO FEARS is to keep in mind that you are not stuck where you are, it will pass, and that GOD is with you.   God will keep charge over you.   God will protect you.  He is your sheild,  your fortress.  

We have been given authority over sickness, so we should not and will not fear it.   We have been given authority over poverty so we will not and should not fear it.   We have been given authority over everything that has a name, that at the name of Jesus everything on earth and under the earth should BOW.   We WiLL not FEAR!   Glory to God!