Manna for Your Morning

“For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me.” — Job 3:25 (NKJV) In Job 1:8, the LORD said there was none on the earth like His servant Job. He described him as a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil. God had provided this blessed, safe and prosperous life for Job, but Job still lived with fear and dread. When we fear, we allow the enemy to come and steal, kill and destroy what our heavenly Father has provided for us — peace, love, joy, victory, etc. Let us remember that God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (See 2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV) There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. (1 John 4:18 NKJV) “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors and gain an overwhelming victory through Him who loved us [so much that He died for us].” (Romans 8:37 AMP)

For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me. — Job 3:25 (NKJV) Why did Job live in fear? Job 1:10 says, God made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he had on every side. He blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions increased in the land. Instead of walking around in fear and dreading what may come, we can thank God that no matter what comes, He is with us and He is for us. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). First John 4:18 says, there is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear. The love God has for us in Christ Jesus is the most perfect and powerful love of all. Have no fear, our God is near.  As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people from this time forth and forever (Psalm 125:2). The LORD will bless His people with peace. (Psalm 29:11)