Fear

do? you? trust? God?

do. you. believe. it?

Oh-we seek him alright...

Oh-we know he hears...

but one thing nags on us.

...it's the delivery part.

Is God strong enough to deliver us

from our fears.

Is He?!

We like our fears.

They keep us safe.

Our fears are our idols.

Just gonna throw out a thought to you all...

Sometimes I think what we fear as Christian women the most is

knowing that God is Sovereign.

The idea of a Sovereign God is scary.

Because if He is Sovereign.

Then I am not in control.

And not being in control.

creates fear.

I think we all struggle with Sovereignty.

If we had that topic figured out

...we wouldn't worry so much

now would we?

Face it-we know we aren't in control.

can't control our eating

can't control our spending

can't control our children or their choices

can't control our husbands

can't control our health

can't control our emotions

can't control our job

can't control friendships

can't control our drives

can't control our heart

can't control death

can't control our church

can't control our thoughts

can't control our tongues

can't control the world

...and we can't control God

and we live scared to death of truly living.

So we sit and

spin.

We freak out because we can't control our lives and we are terrified that somehow

God might not come through for us.

Laying awake at night in dread

and wasting our day in anxiety.

JOY vaporizes.

Idols do that, don't they?

You were never meant to control the path of your lives or the lives of others-for crying out loud!

that. is. God's. job.

You were never created to carry that kind of burden.

Jesus. carried. it. for. you.

You were meant to be under the control of the

Holy Spirit.

You were meant for so much more than wasting your life in fear.

FREEDOM FROM FEAR!!!!

There is beauty in trusting in a

SOVEREIGN GOD.

There is rest. sweet. release.JOY

OH TO SEE OUR GOD FOR WHO HE IS!!!

s.o.v.e.r.e.i.g.n.

>totally. in. control.

>totally aware of what it is going to take to deal with my stuff.

>totally able to deliver me from my trial 

or 

carry me through

 >totally ever present in every situation

Oh, for a heart to know The Sovereign.

 I don't have to let my fears dictate my identity.

Jesus died

to give me the faith

to believe

that He is strong

enough to hold me

no matter what comes my way.

So today-I run into his arms.

Unashamed and free to shed my fears

and a few tears...

and pick up faith.

If You Struggle With Fear-You Should Read This is an excellent post.