Fear is something that has played a part in my life for as long as I can remember. When I was little, I was really afraid of the dark. I needed a light at all times and even music at night to sleep. As I got a little older, I began to fear others and feared not fitting in and pleasing everyone. As a young adult, it seemed my fear continued to rise. I was SO afraid of death and losing people I loved. It would keep me up at night and cause intense anxiety. I felt like I couldn’t get a grip on it and it felt like I was becoming fearful of almost everything. Even little things.
I won’t tell the whole story in the interest of time, but what happened after that was that some of my fears actually happened. Does this mean that everything we fear ends up taking place? Absolutely not. I share this because it just so happened that these said fears occurring, are what truly drew me to the Lord because I was forced to rely on His strength and trust Him through the healing. Most times, the actual fear of something happening is actually worse than the actual event. (Not to mention in certain circumstances the actual fear or event never happens). And it robs of us our peace. And lots of other things if we let it. We have such understandable fears as women. But relying on God for the outcome either way and His supernatural strength that literally feels like it overtakes your spirit when you cannot be strong (it’s a real thing!) can bring such peace and comfort.
In Francesca Battistelli’s song, “The Breakup Song” (if you have not heard this song, I highly suggest you look it up, turn it up as loud as you like, and sing it out! My daughter and I can attest that it’s lots of fun 😉), anyways, in her song she says,
“Fear, you don’t own me
There ain’t no room in this story
And I ain’t got time for you
Telling me what I’m not
Like you know me well guess what?
I know who I am
I know I’m strong
And I am free
Got my own identity
So fear, you will never be welcome here.”
YES. Fear does not own us. It’s not welcome in our lives and our identity is found in Jesus. His absolutely perfect love drives out ALL fear and it always will. Let’s give it over to Him and trust the outcome. I know, it’s easier said than done but I also know we have the strength to do hard things. Fear is liar. Let’s trust the only One who can be trusted with our hearts and lives❤
I hope this spoke some truth for you,
Nikki
Praise God! Fear you don’t own me. Thank you for this reading I can relate to this article is so many ways and as I sit in a season of my life where fear of being hurt is crippling and causing disconnect in my relationships, I needed to be reminded that God is with me and I shouldn’t fear anything. Thank you for this message.
Thank u for that. I just went thru something bad, all I could do is pray constantly & God brought me the answer. It didn’t help me financially but got rid of the evil
I can relate to this message so well. By the way I love that song! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Nikki for sharing! I love that song and all the truth that is in it.