Good morning family. I hope that everyone is enjoying this amazing and beautiful day.... no matter where you are, no matter what the circumstances are...no matter what has happened, because God Loves YOU, and He cares! I am just looking at FB this morning, and more and more posts about Ebola. I can almost sense the fear and anxiety that is rising up...I really am. I truly know that satan is the master of putting people in fear! This is his m.o., it is how he operates! he is the master of lies. Just as God is moved by faith, satan is moved by doubt and by fear. I really wish that I could personally take everyone's face in my hands, look into their eyes, and convince them to NOT FEAR! It is almost as if God does not exist. If you be honest and really think about it, every year there is some type of deadly outbreak. I remember, H1N1 not too long ago. swine flu, this outbreak, that outbreak...every year it is something, and every year the panic starts again.
I know this, the news media likes to stir up fear, it loves ratings! I know also that if someone wants to control a person, fear usually does the job. Fear paralyzes. This is how the lion remains the King of beasts, how he can control the jungle. I read that the lion is able to kill his prey, because his roar is so powerful, that it stops and paralyzes the other animals in their tracks, thus he is able to pounce on them! satan does that. he is as a roaring lion. he uses someone to simply say, stage 4 and that paralyzes. Or he uses someone to say, "you have until...", or someone might say, "if you don't, then"...simply words that will stop a person, and ruin their life! Well, I've got a secret...wanna know what it is? It is a promise, and it is from someone who can perfectly carry out that promise...get ready...here it is...YOU shall be far from FEAR, from TERROR, and from OPPRESSION! This person says that all of these shall gather around you, but they will not touch you! Ebola is included in that. It shall not touch you. The fear of it shall not touch you...oh but, that is only if you believe it! If you choose to believe CNN, Fox, the news paper, your spouse, your friends, then it might come upon you! This has not taken God by surprise...noting does! He took the time, thousands of years ago, to write down some instructions for us to live by...it is called a BIBLE! Those instructions still work! He knew back then, that an ebola scare would happen. He knew that a group called ISIS would form, He knows about all of the ways that satan manipulates people. He sat down, and He wrote...DO NOT FEAR! DO NOT BE AFRAID! TRUST ME! DWELL IN ME! LET ME BE YOUR HIDING PLACE!. The 91st Psalm has always been my favorite. Isaiah 54: 11-17 is a great passage too. People are afflicted today with worry, and fear, and anxiety.
11 “O you afflicted one,
Tossed with tempest, and not comforted,
Behold, I will lay your stones with colorful gems,
And lay your foundations with sapphires.
12 I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
Your gates of crystal,
And all your walls of precious stones.
13 All your children shall be taught by the Lord,
And great shall be the peace of your children.
14 In righteousness you shall be established;
You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
And from terror, for it shall not come near you.
15 Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me.
Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.
16 “Behold, I have created the blacksmith
Who blows the coals in the fire,
Who brings forth an instrument for his work;
And I have created the spoiler to destroy.
17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the Lord.
This is an awesome promise to the believer. We have to live by God's Word...it is our life, our PEACE, our protection, our hope. ebola, H1N1, ISIS, cancer, Nothing is a match for God! Just wanted to offer a little Peace and calm!
