Fear

Today I woke up and was lying in bed when fear began to creep into my mind. Fear is a powerful weapon of the enemy, he uses it to distract us from our faith. It is easy to have faith and hope when things are going well but as the enemy begins to mix in a little fear, our path begins to turn away from what Gods intended path is to a worldly one. My fear today came from the thoughts that I am approaching my 45th birthday, only 15 years from age 60 and what was I going to be doing 6 months from now and what about retirement? That simple seed planted in my mind began to quickly grow and fear and worry soon followed. I had begun projecting 6 months, all the way up to 20 years into the future and worrying? None of which I can control. My journey and all our journeys must happen one day at a time. Godly living and trust allows you the strength to live today, while our all powerful father handles everything that is yet to come in his perfect plan. What are you fearful of, losing your job, flying, people or situations that you cannot control, I bet you will find most are worldy fears. Would you be scared if God sat down with you and laid out his plan for you and your life were you knew all the answers to your questions and situations? Faith, is God's promise that he is sitting, walking, running right next to you no matter how crazy we believe our situation is and that if you seek and trust him you can stay on or near the right path. I know this is true, I am living this everyday now. I thought it is important to show my struggles I will have along the way, to many times we get near the "everything is great" people who are hiding the true struggle or pain that they are feeling. I am not one of those, God has asked me to lay this out for the good of the kingdom and I will obey, can I be honest and say that it is scarey to place my fears and struggles on the web for all to see. The verse God brought me to today to calm my fears was 1 Peter 1, verse 6 and 7, in there it says,"the proof of faith is more precious than gold." What does that mean to you?