“Fear”

A few years ago my husband and I were reading our Bibles together, one of those read the bible in a year deals where it splits it up for you to read a little Old Testament and a little New Testament every day. On this particular day we read about Moses and how he was giving all of his reasons for why he could not do what God was asking of him; then we also read in the New Testament about how Moses was raised. It was no accident for us that we would read the two sides of the same story on that day. And it was no accident that a huge revelation about fear hit us both simultaneously as we read! This revelation has stuck with me. I hear about Moses' "stutter" often and it always makes me think about how Moses must have felt when faced with the decision to follow God's direction or to hide…

The portion of scripture in Exodus 4:10-12 talks about Moses' response to God's request of him; it is most commonly and frequently quoted that Moses had a stutter.  However, in Acts 7:21-22 the Word tells us that Moses had an extensive education.  If you dig deeper we find that Moses had the best of the best education, the finest tutors, and was trained to be a very good and eloquent speaker.  So why is it most often said that he had a stutter????  When I saw the verse in Acts it hit me.

The Word says Moses was powerful in speech...  He was trained and acclaimed to be powerful in speech long before he tried to tell God that he was unable to speak!  In fact when Moses tries to tell God that he is "slow of speech and tongue" that was his fourth of five expressions of reluctance to be obedient to what God was telling him to do!!!!  How often do we do this?! 

The revelation I had is not about the truth of how Moses was raised but about the issue behind his excuses - it is fear!  Fear is what was keeping Moses from obeying God, it is what caused him to see himself as a man with an inability to speak even though that was so far from true, and it is fear that was generating all of his excuses.  Fear causes us to see things that really are not there and it causes us to act irrationally. What do we see in ourselves that really is not true?!  We are children of the King!  Children of the Most High!  We are called and anointed to be a blessing to everyone around us!  We are Gods Righteousness!  I could go on :-)  But think about it… What is our fear? Fear in general is an irrational beast, we need to see what the Word says about us, the real truth of who we are regardless of what we think we are or how we may feel!? 

 
 

 
 

“Blindsided”

I have not blogged in a while and I have missed it greatly. We were in the midst of a move, the holidays and honestly I was feeling like I was in a funk and just did not want to speak until I was over it. Then I realized that was what "Faith Walk" was about when I set out to do it. How do people walk in the middle of the difficult things? So here I am back to my blog!

I like the show "Alias", I even have all of the DVD's and I still watch them when the need to be reminded of adventure arises in me. I was watching one episode where things do not go as planned and one of the characters is losing it. "Sydney" the main character, simply explains: "We just got blindsided, and we dealt with it. But that doesn't mean we give up. It doesn't change who we are." Oddly enough this episode helped me put things in perspective.

It seems these last couple of months for me, even though they have been good, they have included a lot of the unexpected things in life. I was getting frustrated with it all. But, you know what? "Sydney" was right! I may have been blindsided, and I am sure anyone can relate to the feeling that goes along with dealing with the unexpected or how you feel when things just do not go the way you thought they would. Now, I just have to deal with it by continuing to run to God and trust Him that my life and circumstances are still in His hand. He is still in control and even though I was blindsided, He was not. The unexpected does not mean that I give up!!! The unexpected does not change who I am or the call that is on my life!!!

So here I am brushing the dust off and pressing in after the unexpected hit me a little. In the "Alias" episode "Sydney's" way of "dealing with it" was to kick some butt. Maybe we just need to kick some butt when the enemy tries to blind side us! God already promised not to leave or forsake me. He already told me that the Holy Spirit is with me to be my guide and my counselor. My Father already reassured me that I could confidently follow peace and confidently know His voice. My Father also told me that the Greater One lives in me and that the enemy runs away in terror when I resist him. Let's stop letting life's distractions or frustrations hold us back. Let's deal with it and know that the unexpected is not going to cause us to give up and it is not going to change who we are or who God is! Continue to press in to the things God has for you today; He is always faithful!