The Courage that heals my disease: “Belief vs. Fear”
Acts 27:25 So take courage! For I believe God. It will be just as He said.
I guess the question this morning is, “do I have the courage to believe God?” Isn’t that the question in front of everyone? If we truly believed God then our lives would reflect this kind of courage. Far too often we say we “believe” but then hedge our bets just in case this “belief” doesn’t work out. In the back of our minds, at the core of who we are there is a seed of doubt that is the birthplace of our disease of sin that constantly wants us to live in “fear” instead of “courage.” It is through God’s grace by the power of the Holy Spirit that God desires to heal us of this disease that we might live with “courage” to believe instead of out of “fear” to doubt.
Today I desire to stand up in spite of my disease of fear and proclaim that through the power of the Holy Spirit I choose courage. Even if this courage is leading me to a confrontation with Caesar that could cause me my life I stand in the hope of courage today. I refuse to live by fear today, but through God’s grace I will live in the courage of believing God and that in some way God will use this belief to rescue others off of their shipwrecked life that they too might live by courage instead of fear. I praise God for this grace this morning!
Living in the grip of grace helps my fear to diminish. God’s grace has never failed me yet. I claim that promise daily. Your devotional, your podcast, your entire web presence is amazing to me. WOW!!!