VidDevo Church: DailyHope Jan8

DailyHope Jan8

Saturday, January 08, 2011

Faith is God's antidote to fear
by Rick Warren

Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it." (Numbers 13:30 NIV)

"Faith is what allows us to declare in confidence that God is with us no matter what happens."

The way to overcome our fears is to follow Jesus in faith. Our faith is what allows us to enter the future -- not with a question mark -- but with an exclamation point!

Faith is what allows us to declare in confidence that God is with us no matter what happens. We are certain God is for us and certain he has our best interests at heart.

Through faith, we know that God is working all things out for our good -- if we love God and are following the commands of Jesus (Romans 8:28). If you are a believer, the Bible says all things are working together for good -- not that all things are good -- but working together for your good and the Glory of God.

There is no difficulty, dilemma, defeat, or disaster in the life of a believer that God can’t ultimately get some good out of – so what is there to fear, as we enter this Decade of Destiny?

When you face the future, what do you see? Do you look at it with eyes of doubt? With eyes of cynicism? With eyes of expecting the worse?

You have two choices about the future –

You can either face the future as a cynic, a doubter, with negative thoughts, expecting the worse, or …

You can face the future expecting God to be with you and that His goodness and His mercy will follow you all the days of your life.

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