This morning, God hit my heart with an amazing passage from one of my favorite books, Jesus Calling. I am realizing that anxiety is my stronghold right now as it has been my pattern to have a hundred things on my mind. I am praying to slow down, listen, put God first, see those around me more clearly including the blessings that God has given, and move as God moves me instead of moving by vain impulses. Love this passage from JC.
Bring
me all your feelings, even the ones you wish you didn’t have. Fear and anxiety
still plague you. Feeling per se are not sinful, but they can be a temptation
to sin. Blazing missiles of fear fly at you day and night; these attacks from
the evil one come at you relentlessly. Use your shield of faith to extinguish
those flaming arrows. Affirm your trust in Me, regardless of how you feel. If you
persist, your feelings will eventually fall in line with your faith.
Do
not hide from your fear or pretend it isn’t there. Anxiety that you hide in the
recesses of your heart will give birth to fear of fear; a monstrous stepchild. Bring
your anxieties out into the Light of my Presence, where we can deal with them
together. Concentrate on trusting Me, and fearfulness will gradually lose its
foothold within you.
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