Daily Devotion

 With Pastor Ancel Presnell

“CHANNELLING FEAR”

Fear can be a debilitating and paralyzing emotion. Not all fear is bad! If you are walking along the edge of a tall building, and there is nothing to keep you from going over the side of that building and plummeting to your death, the fear of doing so heightens your senses and causes you to be careful and not get too close to the edge of the building.

The Bible tells us that God is not the author of fear, but instead, He authors that which is sound and sure: 2 Timothy 1:7—” ⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”

However, we can take the fear that we have and use it to bring us to Him in prayer, calling out to Him, or desiring to possess peace instead of the fear. When fear brings us closer to the Lord, and yet didn’t come from the Lord, that shows us that He can take that which comes from the enemy and turn it into something for our benefit.

The actions of men can breed fear within us; let’s be honest, people can be downright cruel and even dangerous and destructive. The Bible teaches us that others can set snares for us, but if our trust is in the Lord, He will keep us safe (Proverbs 25:29). No one can take our soul. Our fear should never be of man and circumstance; rather, we should fear the only one who can take the body and the soul of man, Christ Jesus. That is a healthy fear! If we are to channel our fear correctly, we must do so through trust in God and His provision and protection, while maintaining a healthy fear of who He is and what He has the power to do.

Matthew 10:28—“²⁸ And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”