MY FRIENDS, DO WE HAVE A FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN?

Oct. 7, 2015

MY FRIENDS, DO WE HAVE A FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN?

As a child I remember having this recurring nightmare where an old lady would chase me through some eerie underground cave always getting just close enough for me to awake before she caught me. “Dreams tend to be a kind of a parallel processing by which we integrate our experiences in life [past,]” while at the same time those experiences makes some sort of connections to our life’s experiences today.

Most nightmares usually occur during the time of our life when life is simple and unmolested by the cares of the unknown, which one day becomes real in the form of heartaches, pains, and the constant battles between good and evil and then they take on a whole new meaning in which we never wake up from until Christ enters our life.

My friends, let’s focus today on Matt. 14:26-31 (NKJV) when the disciples saw Christ walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to them:“take courage! it is I, don’t be afraid” “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

“Come,” he said. My friends, the initial reaction of the disciples was fear. So today let’s make it personal and ask ourselves what are our fears? What is keeping us from having that heartfelt passionate and intimate relationship with Christ, to come to Him? And as we look back over our life how deep is that fear?

Remember, Satan’s mind control over us is with fear. 1 Peter 5:8 (NKJV) tells us: “Be self-controlled and alert.” key word be alert. Webster explains the word alert as a attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.” Which Satan’s only goal is to attack our Character, as he leads us to fear the unknown, the unknown being our total dependence on God.

The text continues by saying “because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” Peter got out of the boat, walked on water and went towards Jesus. My friends, that must be our initial step also. To come to Christ because He is calling us today.

Make His Passion to save you, your Passion to want to be saved as we tell the world about the saving grace of our God and what He has done in our life. We must also realize to step out in faith is risky. But “by Faith all things are possible.” But it must be all about our relationship with God and His saving grace.

Remember, Jesus also took a risky step on Calvary with His own blood so that we will not fear to never stop seeking His presence until we can see Him face to face and He can say “‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.” Mat. 25:21 (NKJV)

So today, let Him come into our life “To give us life to the fullest and quench our spiritual thirst. But we have to recognize and be vigilant and trust in him at all times. But there must be a passion to receive what our Savior has to offer.

Psalm 42:1-2 (NKJV) says: “As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God.” Yes My friends, a thirst of passion for our Savior as we recognize our need to be filled by Him and Not by the things of this world that one day will pass away.

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY