Fear No Fear

(All scripture from the World English Bible, ebible.org, all rights reserved)

Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come for your words’ sake.”
Daniel 10:12 (emphasis added)

The Lord doesn’t keep us hanging. From the moment we seek Him, He is there. He is doing things. From the moment we accept His authority and power, we are enabled to receive them. From the moment we believe in Jesus as the one and only Son, sacrificed and risen from the dead to life, as our saviour, we are saved. The Lord doesn’t keep us hanging. God is a God of Blessing, of Love, and of Growth. He doesn’t wait around. He is a God of abundance. He doesn’t tease us or make us grovel or teach us a lesson through sickness or pain. He wants us well, blessed, whole, and functioning yesterday. He wanted it for us before we asked. He wanted it before the world was made (Ephesians 1:4). He hears us. He answers us. He answers us in the moment of our asking.

The trouble is always something else. Either ourselves, or assignments of the enemy to hinder us. Both of those sound bad. But take heart. We are not under the Old Covenant. We aren’t operating in an environment of sin that needs to be covered for the shame of its nature (Genesis 2:25). We are believers not only of the Lord Most High, but in all of His works — the work of Jesus, the Only Begotten Son, on the cross (1 Corinthians 1:18). That gives us a huge advantage over any and all circumstances that we might find ourselves in. By Grace through Faith we have been reborn into a new being (Ephesians 2:8-9). A righteous being – having the nature of Christ through Christ – that walks in the authority and power of the Holy Spirit who indwells us (Romans 13:1-4). We are ordained by God to use the authority of God here on earth (Romans 13:1). Our task is to abide in Him and seek His will so that we can understand what we are to do and what we can do (John 15:4).

And what we can do is anything He asks us to. We need to believe in His Word. Every problem that could ever be, has ever been, or might ever be has an answer in the Word of God. The principles of God cover every single eventuality. The answer to what to do is in the Word. The Faith to believe in those answers is also in the Word. Faith comes by hearing the Word (Romans 10:17). We use that Faith to do what is set before us. We don’t need a lot, because it doesn’t take a lot (Mark 4:31). Need healing? Believe in it. Need prosperity? Believe in it. Need to bind a devil? Believe in the authority of the name of Jesus to do it. Whatever we seek, we will find (Matthew 7:7-8). But are we seeking for selfish purposes or for God’s purpose?

Intent and imagination mean a lot in the Kingdom. We are to be in agreement with the Word. If you pray by the Word, believing on the Word, in accordance with the Word, you literally cannot go wrong. It is when we don’t believe. When we can’t see ourselves well because we are dwelling so much on sickness. We can’t see ourselves delivered from anxiety because we have made it too much of our mental landscape and worldview. We can’t receive (X) because we’re so bitter and unforgiving to someone else. The problem is almost always us because God answers right away. Devil causing you issue? Bind him up or cast him out through the power of the name of Jesus, the name everything with a name has to bow to (Philippians 2:9-11). I’m not talking about placing chains on the enemy or agents of the enemy, binding them up like a prisoner, and casting them into the outer darkness forever and ever. That isn’t our job or our authority. Think of it in legal terms. In this instance. Covering these circumstances. Issue a restraining order against those coming against you. That’s the principle — there’s a lot more to that though. But that’s the principle. Stopping them this time. This way. In this circumstance. We have that authority. They are the powers of the air (or the heavens, not Heaven the abode of God, but the heavens). We can bind things in the heavens (Matthew 18:18-20). We can loose angelic forces into the heavens — by asking the Father, not by commanding angels ourselves. In Jesus, By Jesus, and Through Jesus we have all the victory we need. We wield the Name Above All Names according to the Will and the Word of the Lord (John 5:19-20).

Can you see the advantage we have over Daniel? He was in the Old Covenant. He had to seek the face of God in a different way. He had to fast and pray and expend real effort. What he received was an angelic messenger with the word from the Lord. We don’t have to do that. Yes, there is value in fasting. Yes, there is value in expending real effort to seek God. Yes, we need to pray. But we’re not calling up to heaven to get a messenger. We’re talking to someone beside us. We’re addressing the Lord who lives within us. “Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). We don’t even need to know what to pray in advance. That’s how much of a helper we have in Holy Spirit. “In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered. He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God” (Romans 8:26-27). We are in a place of fellowship with the Lord, if we’ll take the time to fellowship with Him. This isn’t baby stepping. This is stepping out in faith. It doesn’t matter how much you know. If you won’t walk it, you’re still a child in the spirit. When you decide to start walking this, doing it, willing to believe regardless of what you see because God’s Word says it is so, then you start your adult spirit journey. That’s when the adventure begins.

The Lord will answer you when you decide to seek Him for an answer, humbly, and with a heart full of praise. If you haven’t received one, search your heart. Search your intentions. Search for where your thoughts have been dwelling (Proverbs 23:7, 27:19; Matthew 6:21). Remove everything that is between you and God. Turn your heart to him and unplug your thoughts of the world. Get further from it and closer to the Lord. Abide in Him and in the Joy of His righteousness. Make His things, your things. His desires, your desires. We aren’t assailing heaven’s gates. They’re open to us. We get to walk into the Throne room of God and talk with Him face to face (Hebrews 4:16). But we can only do it through Jesus. He is our righteousness (Romans 3:21-31). We cannot do it in our name. We must do it in His Name. God is Righteous and Holy. But we approach Him in Jesus. It is our legal right of inheritance. Don’t be afraid. Nothing bad comes from the Lord. Nothing. Trust Him. He will not let you down.

Daily Affirmation of God’s Love: 2 Corinthians 9:6-9

The Lord is a generous God. A God of abundance. A Loving, Giving, Blessing God. Why? Because He loves us and wants us to be satisfied. Not just okay. But fully, totally, and completely satisfied. Full to bursting all the time. It’s obvious when you deal with Him. It is also obvious by looking at the laws that He has put in place. Sow well, reap abundantly. Every farmer is familiar with the process. It’s an example. A microcosm of His system. A principle that works every time — that’s what a Law is — no matter who uses it. That’s where the world gets the idea of ‘manifest it’. It’s a screaming into the void and begging for something to materialise — and not caring who provides it or the cost of it. It’s spending money to make money. It’s a poor man’s version of sowing and reaping. Me? I’d rather stand on scripture and walk in the authority of Jesus’ name which makes things happen. The manifestation is only the physical end product. The main deal is spiritual renewal and our spirit prospering mightily. It’s the authority and power of Jesus that makes these things happen. Why? Because Jesus wants them to happen. He wants us to have and have abundantly. Not out of our selfish desires to have things (that never works), but out of His desire to Bless us with good things. Helpful things. Things that make us better. Things that put us in a place (regardless of position in life or money in the bank) to bless others. To help those around us. Seek Him and His righteousness, and see all the things that will be added to us as a by product of that relationship (Matthew 6:31-34). See how He will start using you to bless those around you, even as you are blessed.

Your Daily Confession of God’s love to YOU:

Today God loves that I _______.