Fear has become one of the world's phenomenal problems that humanity is facing nowadays.
Men, women, children, high functionalities in the society are daily been plagued with fear.
With the world heading towards financial and economical chaos, the hearts of men are easily gripped and overtaken by fear and restlessness, we can daily read in the news how even world experts on some key and important fields are been allayed with fears over the crumbling financial and economical state of things, great men of intellectual and financial statuesque are totally powerless and without solution to the upheavals that are confronting and plaguing humanity, we are bombarded with news of catastrophic and disastrous events that are difficult to explain by human expertise, world religious bodies are speechless and dumbfounded.
Well, to the ordinary man it is a mystery, to the believers in Christ Jesus who are spiritually matured and equipped for every good work, it is nothing but the accomplishment of God's divine prophetic purpose over humanity, therefore that which makes men to fear, only makes God's people to rejoice and triumph in victory, knowing fully well that in everything, God works for the good of them that love and trust in him, it is of no surprise to God's people, we have been warned and equipped before hand (Romans 8:28-39), things that separate people from their beloved ones and things, only unite and bring us much closer to God, we the people of God are a people of faith, we live by biblical standards and are always guarded and preserved by his precious promise, because all of God's promises in Christ Jesus are indisputably yes and amen, been confirmed and sealed by the Holy Spirit of God to the surest end ( 2 Corinthians 1:19-22).
But one of the greatest and unfortunate things that has ever happened to many Christians today is their inability to believe and trust God, this is a sign of immaturity and unperfected love and Character towards God, anyone who loves God does not live in fear, because fear has to do with torments and torturous imaginations from the Devil, the following verses of the bible will help us:
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
There is nothing encouraging than this, for God's people to know that they are been loved of God and God through his love dwells in them, why then should a Christian flood his heart with fearful thoughts and demonic mindset, if God be for us, who can be against us (Romans 8:31).
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world
We are the replicas of Christ Jesus in this world, those who live and walk in the fullness of God's love are as bold as the lion, they do not have need to fear anything, knowing fully well that God's constant and ever abiding presence is with them (Psalm 46:1-11), why say that we are the replicas of Christ Jesus in this world, because Jesus never lived in fear during his stay here on earth, he lived and walked in love, he demonstrated this in all of his ministerial live.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Perfect love is all that God demands from us, cowards are not welcome God's kingdom, those who fear and live in uncertainty, do demonstrate it by their words and action, real men are not easily shaken, and big boys don't cry.
We love him, because he first loved us (1 John 4:16-19).
God is our first person lover, he never doubted or shrinked back in loving us, even though he knows fully well that we would disappoint him him, yet he iniated the love scenario by sending his only begotten Son into world (John 3:16).
There are two particular verses in the bible that believers should memorise and daily mediate on, these verses of the bible are priceless gem, full of help and edifying in times of severe needs:
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever, Amen (Jude 1:24-25).
God bless you real good and have a nice day.
Evangelist Ilona Henry Afamefuna
