From Fear to Faith to Promise

“Look, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the Lord God of your fathers has spoken to you; do not fear or be discouraged.’” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭1:21‬ ‭NKJV

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Often, when we face a particularly difficult circumstance, our soul and flesh’s response is to fear. Staying in that fear can keep us from the promise, but rebuking that fear by standing in faith will lead us to the promise. If the promises of God are already ours in Christ Jesus, then what is required to see them manifested in our lives is faith. There are too many Christians not experiencing the promises because they haven’t abandoned fear. Today child of God…leave fear alone and believe.

If you are God’s, then you have what is God’s, and what has come from Him. God never initiates fear in your life.

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” ‭‭II Timothy‬ ‭1:7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

There is a spirit of fear that keeps people from operating in the gifts and calling God has placed on our lives, and obtaining the promises that are already ours in Christ Jesus.

“I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day, greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy, when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also. Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” ‭‭II Timothy‬ ‭1:3-7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

When we stand in the spirit of power, love, and a sound mind, we are standing in faith. We have learned to rebuke the spirit of fear and operate according to our new nature in Christ. We have moved from Fear to Faith.

“And when He came to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and scribes disputing with them. Immediately, when they saw Him, all the people were greatly amazed, and running to Him, greeted Him. And He asked the scribes, “What are you discussing with them?” Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not.” He answered him and said, “O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.” Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth. So He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it: “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!” Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.” But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭9:14-27‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

We see then that when we believe, we will see the promises of God in our lives. What this means is that what has already been provided for us at the cross is now visible in our everyday lives. This is the kind of faith that moves mountains, the kind that in faith, by His grace, receives in the natural what is already done in the spirit.

“Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry. And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.” And His disciples heard it.

Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.” So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭11:12-14, 20-24‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Go Boldly,

Joshua David Brawner

The Word, The Pen, and The Mic