I have moments where I worry just like you. I let my thoughts run wild. I don’t discipline them and before I know it, I am awake in the middle of the night doing the exact opposite of what I tell other people to do. Anxiety fills me. Fear grips me. Stress takes over my physical and mental being. It’s an awful feeling. I long for morning, because I need a new day. A new grip on life. I need Kris to wake up and reassure me what I need reassure myself.
Last night was that kind of night for me. I tossed and turned. I let fear grip me. Hold me. Wrap its ugly hands around me. Grab hold of me like it owned me.
I finally slept the last hour. My alarm went off. I peeled open my eyes. And, I reminded myself of this scripture:
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5
DEMOLISH those thoughts that don’t come from Him. Take them captive. Interrogate them. Hold them captive so they can’t hold you. Remind your soul of who God is. Recall every time God proved Himself faithful to you.
Recall every stone that has piled up in your life as a memorial to the goodness, the faithfulness, and the mercy of God.
Remember every situation that looked impossible and how God grabbed you and said, “I am for you.”
Hold onto thoughts of His goodness. Hold onto His love that stretches wider and deeper and longer than anything we can imagine.
Hold onto THOSE thoughts.
Hold them tightly.
Demolish those other thoughts. Take them captive. Strip them of their power. Because, the One inside you is greater. He is truth. He is good. And, in Him, we have no fear.
This Sunday at Eagles Way, I will be opening up our new series, Silent Night, with this very message. I will preach it with as much passion as I possibly can. Because, I know what it feels like to be gripped by something that takes the wind out from under you. But, I also know what it feels like to send those thoughts back to hell. And, to rise up with a renewed confidence, a renewed mind, and renewed passion for TRUTH.
His mercies are new every morning. And, because, of those mercies, this is mind is new….and finally, it caught up with what my Spirit already knew.
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Fear has been on the nation’s front page. It is on the town’s front page. This was much needed.
A much needed read for the present moment
Great insight Dusty … And a message that I greatly needed this week after several nights of tossing and turning with worry and anxiety. Hope all is well with you and the family. Merry Christmas!
Great Dusty, much of my life has be robbed by fear and anxiety. I have lost many nights sleep by the awful grip of an unexplainable terror. The majority of my motivation in life has been rooted in fear. I turned 50 this year 🙂 and I have dedicated to make a change the second half of my life. I will make a conscious decision daily to see myself as God see me. If I can master that what will I have to fear! Thanks for your God given wisdom that you share, I enjoy you so much!