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Fear- a tell to your Assignment
Have you ever noticed how often the bible says "Do not be afraid"? Joshua was told this as he ventured into the promised land. David wrote it in many of his psalms as he was a fugitive with the malcontents in the cave of Adullam. Jesus said it to his disciples and to Jairus, who's daughter was pronounced dead but Jesus was going to raise her back to life.
There are over 2000 phobias recorded today and so, as in bible days, fear and its cousins worry, anxiety and panic are still very formidable foes to people of faith.
I'm encouraged when I find the bible characters like Timothy and David, Joshua and the disciples were dealing with fear too. After all, David slew bears, lions, a giant named Goliath. Joshua took God's people into the long awaited promised land and fought thirty some victorious battles to do so. And of course, the disciples were only accused of turning the entire WORLD upside down.
Why it is paramount for us to overcome whatever fear we are facing? It is not just for your own peace of mind but also it may very well be a major block to your calling. I would like to go so far as to say that I believe fear is a "tell" to the assignment of your calling. A tell is language that poker players are familiar with. One of the key skills most good poker players have is the ability to read their opponents at the table. When there is a nervous twitch that communicates whether your opponents cards are a good hand or a bad one, that is a tell. So I believe whatever the enemy attacks you with, fear-wise, is like a tell. It is a way to read just what God has designed you to be about in His Kingdom. And so the fear is a tell that could reveal the hand of the enemy and how he has attempted to keep you from the very thing you are assigned by God to fulfill.
In other words, whatever you are most fretful and fearful of is often a sign pointing to the assignment God has for you.
The fears you overcome can be the very ministry you help others break through.
As those fears are revealed for what they are, we have the authority in Jesus name to loose ourselves and take those thoughts captive. For it is the love of Christ that casts out fear and He has given us a spirit of power, love and a sound mind to overcome them. In Joshua 1:9 it says; "Be courageous and do not fear, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
May it be unto you according to this word.