A friend texted me about fear this morning as she listened to a Piper sermon ...
"Fear does battle with our faith. The two cannot co-exist. When we fear, we submit to the kingdom of this world. When we lift our eyes up in faith, we rise above it."
I texted back...
Perfect love casts out all fear, and when we submit to His perfect love - FULLY abandoned to whatever He brings and allows into our lives - then we will overcome fear. The question is how? I keep saying 'yes' ... and 'yes' again... yet I am still waiting...
So all morning as I consume TV as if I am eating snickerdoodles ... I asked myself - what am I so afraid of? What am I so afraid of that I watched TV until 2 am last night? - unable to fall asleep while my husband is away. What is causing me to rush to my TV alter today to bow down?
I'm not quite sure on all the particulars ... but I think I'm afraid of the silence itself.
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