GUEST POSTING: Fear Fighting: By Knowing Who IS
My son and I drove over a bridge we’d driven over a hundred and one times. It happened to be dark. Very dark. Son, let me ask you a question, “How do you know that water is still there?” He said, “Well Mommy, I know it is there because it’s just how it is. Water goes there.” I wonder if we approach God the same way? We know God is there, because he just IS. God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. (Ex. 3:14) God IS who he IS. He IS with us. He IS for us. He IS fighting on our behalf. He IS liberator. He IS hope. He IS light. He IS creator. He IS Savior. The truth IS: God has you. God so has you. More than your mind can conceive. That issue before you? God already walked ahead of it. The idea you’ll fail? He knows your way. The fear your children will get hurt? He is their hope. The past that haunts you? By his stripes you are healed. (Is. 53:5) The inadequacies that berate you? In your weakness, his power is perfected. (2 Cor. 12:9) When...