God Has Not Given Us A Spirit Of Fear And Timidity, But Of Power, Love, And Self-Discipline.

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Joel 1; Joel 2; Joel 3; 2 Timothy 1

God Has Not Given Us A Spirit Of Fear

And Timidity,

But Of Power, Love, And Self-Discipline.

Scripture

2 Timothy 1

⁷ For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

Observation

Yesterday someone who is very close to me asked me if I was depressed or if I was afraid. She asked me this because I have not been myself for the past week and a half. I have been experiencing chest pain – angina. It makes me irritable, tired and I pretty much don’t feel like doing anything but staying in bed. But I am not depressed. I am not afraid. Grouchy yes but not depressed.  

I have been given a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline. God’s Holy Spirit lives in me!

I may have to learn to live with pain. I believe that the Apostle Paul’s body constantly hurt him. Just look at what he went through. Think about all the suffering and torture that he endured. I have experienced nothing compared to what he and so many around me have experienced. 

Here is what the Apostle Paul said about all of his suffering:

⁷ But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. ⁸ We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; ⁹ persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. ¹⁰ We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. ¹¹ For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. ¹² So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

¹⁶ Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. ¹⁸ So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:7-12;16-18

Application

I will fix my eyes on what is unseen. I will fix my eyes on what is eternal. I will not lose heart. How about you?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I pray for my friends who are going through such difficult times right now. They have it a lot harder than I do. I pray for Pastor Greg Floyd. I pray for complete healing for him. Touch his body and correct those things that are causing him so much difficulty after his surgery. I pray for Jeff Holley. I pray that You completely heal his foot and that he would have no more setbacks and I pray for a total recovery. You have not given us a spirit of fear or timidity. You have given us a Spirit of power, love, and self-discipline.

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