Fear fades.
“The mindset of fear focuses on self”.
Who could think that fear’s root is selfishness. Thinking of self? I mean, anxiety’s root is fear, so therefore the root of fear is just love of self. Afraid to fall, afraid to speak, afraid to fail, afraid of _insert anything here__.
Perfect love casts out fear.
So in that, we see that God is love. And the root of love is pure unselfishness and NEVER thinking of oneself.
This was an epiphany that just hit me in such a different way.
This other comment also rings in my head… If you don’t do it for yourself, do it for them.
Have you struggled with inadequacy in the past? I know I definitely used to and my response was to isolate myself. I realized I could not let those thoughts get into my head. Those bad thoughts are from the enemy. The enemy doesn’t want you to be vibrant, to shine the light of Jesus to the broken, or to show them the way, the truth and the life. So, he attacks in the only way he knows how to. By lying, giving half truths and the like.
But God. BUT GOD. He is greater and more powerful. Perfect love casts out fear. Plain and simple and with fear not being issue, grace abounds. When the love of self takes a step back, we are able to see through the eyes of compassion in a pure way. In the way that is needed to love the lost, the hurting and the broken.
I wrote this prayer below one night and figured I would share it. :-)
Lord, help me to cast out fear. To not be prideful. To love you and others the way Christ loved the church. To be able to shine the light of Jesus. To be the beacon in the darkness. To help those in need and to remember that it is not about me, but about them. But mostly about you. You over everything and I choose you again and again and again. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for guiding me. Thank you for never forsaking me. Thank you for being so faithful and everlasting.
I ask that you continue to guide me down the narrow road and that you help build my faith and wisdom. That your will be done on earth as it is in heaven again, and again and again until you return. For all things work together for good. For your glory, forever and ever amen.
XOXO
Your beloved daughter. YOU ARE LOVED.
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