Fear No Fear

(All scripture from Lexham English Bible, Copyright 2012 Logos Bible Software)

Trust Yahweh with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5

I broke my ankle once. It was stupid. A drop of less than two feet, a slight slip, and my heel was where my toes once were. I twisted it back, limped to my vehicle, and drove home. Got surgery and got a crutches. They were not my favourite thing. They worked, but they were more WORK than I wanted. Hopping seemed easier half the time, but it was hard to balance. Got one of those manual mobility carts. That was faster. I broke it and had to reinforce it – I was heavier than it was expecting and also I was using it all over the warehouse I managed. It wasn’t meant for heavy-duty use. These were fine tools, but the problem is that they were temporary supports when I wasn’t fully functional. That is NOT what Ruach HaKodesh is to us.

Ruach HaKodesh is a crutch for healthy people. Active people. Functional people. He is the kind of crutch that science fiction loves: a mechanized battlesuit that makes you a thousand times more effective than a regular soldier. He is a support system. He isn’t for unhealthy, but the healthy. The spiritually healthy who are ready to rise up and go to work for the Kingdom. Yes, He does a lot of other stuff too, but this is one of His main tasks. To keep the soldiers entering the battlefield at full capacity. He doesn’t MAKE us do anything, but like a better-than-AI diagnostic system, He ALWAYS knows what is best, what should be avoided, and how to correct our course. He is the BEST kind of crutch. A crutch is a source or means of support or assistance that is relied on heavily or excessively – but with Him, NEVER negatively. It is ALWAYS a positive experience.

There are hundreds of variables to every situation that we find ourselves in and WE have no way of sussing out most of those. We cannot see into men’s hearts, but He can (1 Samuel 16:7). We do not know people’s motivations, but He does (Jeremiah 17:10). We do not know the words to bring about a positive result or to accurately deal with people, but He does (Luke 12:12). We don’t know where the boundaries are of our ministries with others, but He does (Acts 16:6). We only know what we know, but He knows everything (John 14:17; 16:13). This is why we need Him. He is EVERYTHING that we are not. THAT is support. THAT is assistance. If we will listen to Him and respond in humble submission, there is NOTHING that we cannot do together (Matthew 19:26).

The believer’s walk is IMPOSSIBLE. We NEED Jesus. To be connected to Jesus we NEED Ruach HaKodesh (John 15:5). It is how the flow, flows. He is how we stay connected to the Fruit He grew. He is how we learn to apply the wisdom we’re granted when we ask for it (James 1:5). He is how we’re corrected when we slip up. He is our reminder when we are putting in front of our eyes or our ears something that is going to block His signal – He never stops talking, it is us who stop listening. When we completely get fried and have no idea what to even pray, He helps us (Romans 8:26-27). He is our all-purpose, never absent, always working, full on and total support. He is the BEST crutch.

Daily Affirmation of the Goodness of Elohim: Romans 8:17

“and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together with him so that we may also be glorified together with him.” Adonai has adopted us. Fully. Not in name only. Not to rag on us and cause problems. He is full-on our parent. We have inheritance rights. We get a share of the whole shebang. We aren’t second class citizens or anything. Yes, it is Jew first and then Gentile; but we are BOTH children. Grafted into the same vine. The same blood washed us clean. The same covenant (Jesus’ covenant with his Father) is available to us. No separation. No differentiation. Same family. What a great gift. What a wonderful treasure. What a GOOD God!

Your Daily Confession of Elohim’s Goodness:

I taste and see that Yahweh is good; I am blessed because I take refuge in Him.

Psalm 34:8