Fearless

As many of you know, I am not a reader! I don't really enjoy it therefore, I am not one to sit down with a good book and do it. I used to read a lot of Christian devotional/inspirational type books but have not read any in a long time. Our small group at church was going through the book, Fearless by Mac Lucado. We started it but, never finished it. About two months ago, I decided that I was going to finish it on my own.
As I have gotten older, I have begun to struggle a little more and more with fear. Whether it be health, the unknown, or whatever else we as humans struggle with, I find myself worrying a little more than usual. I try my hardest to focus on Christ and depend on Him, but oftentimes find myself going to dark places. I wanted to share with you some passages in the book that struck a cord deep within my heart and that I continue to meditate on daily! I know that fear is something that we all struggle with as children of a crooked and depraved world. I hope that this will be of some encouragement to all of you!

"When God is fully revealed to us and we 'get it,' then we experience the conversion of our fear...'Fear of the Lord' is the deeply sane recognition that we are not God."
-So often we worry about things that we have NO control over anyway. I want so deeply to 'get it' so that in those times of worry, I experience that conversion of fear!

"As awe of Jesus expands, fears of life diminish. A big God translates into big courage. A small view of God generates no courage. A limp, puny, fireless Jesus has no power over cancer cells, corruption, identity theft, stock-market crashes, or global calamity. A packageable, portable Jesus might fit well in a purse or on a shelf, but he does nothing for your fears."
-I do not want my view of God to be limp, puny, or fireless! In a deep way, I pray that my view of God expands and I become more in awe of his greatness each and every day!

"The longer we live in him, the greater he becomes in us. It's not that he changes but that we do; we see more of him. We see dimension, aspects, and characteristics we never saw before, increasing and astonishing increments of his purity, power, and uniqueness...In the end we respond like the apostles. We too, fall on our faces and worship, And when we do, the hand of the carpenter extends through the tongue of the towering fire and touches us. 'Arise, and do not be afraid' (Matt. 17:7)."
-This is my PRAYER!