Fear has torment
What is fear?
Fear is a strong emotion exhibiting a few physical responses such as high blood pressure, increased heart rate, shortness of breath, and sweating.
“Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is the fear of the unknown.”
No wonder fear has torment.
And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee: fear not, thou shalt not die. Judges 6 verse 23
(reference: 1 John 4 verse 18 and Oxford Dictionary)
Fear not for I am with you.
It comes for us all, sometime.
We look then suddenly we get that feeling.
The heart beats hard and fast, the hands begin to shake.
The brow is drenched with sweat, the eyes refuse to focus,
While the cold, icy fingers of fear paralyzes the mind.
The fear of everything new and everything old.
There is loneliness, financial hardship, homelessness, unemployment, pain, suffering and finally death.
Fear has a myriad of faces and many companions to support, nurture, and keep it alive until the bitter end.
Best not to give in.
Easy to say.
Best to turn away without giving credence.
Not so easy to do.
Look up to the light, never to look away.
Remember His words of comfort, and believe what He says,
Because He said it and God is not a man that He should lie.
Numbers 23 verse 19
“Fear not for I am with you. Be not dismayed for I am your God. You shall not be afraid for the terror by night nor for the arrow that flies by day. Nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday. A thousand shall fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come nigh you.” Psalm 91 verses 5 to 7
I sought the Lord and he heard me and delivered me from all my fears.
What happens now? After that which was, is now gone forever.
What should be done when I feel afraid?
How should it be?
Backed into a corner with two sides converging;
With no where else to go, either the left or the right.
Neither up nor down.
But the heart knows as surely as it beats within the breast.
The mind is swift to act but conceives nothing but fear.
And fear brings along with it, torment.
Move into the light;
Seek understanding.
Think of the good, remind the soul of the food we call life.
Life, the precious fabric of being is fleeting.
Delicate yet strong and at the best of times, resilient.
In all things life cannot be stamped out, but finds a way to shine transcendent.
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love.” 1 John 4 verse 18
“I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34 verse 4
Rise up, my love and come away.
Despair is a bottomless pit of darkness.
Where the icy fingers of fear caress the skin and misery cuts deep into the bone.
Where there is an absence of emotion, the heart turns to stone.
We can do nothing but to look away from the hurt, from the pain.
From the fear and listen.
Listen clearly and hear that longing in His sacred melody;
That sweet honeyed song of Hope.
Saying, “Rise up, my love and come away.”
( reference: Song of Solomon 2 verse 10)
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavers (doubts) is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think he shall receiver any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1 verse 6-8
Doubt is a long and dark path the heart veers onto from time to time. A path where there is no light for guidance, no light to see the way, a way that will surly end in a void filled with fear, disbelief and despair.
A void so vast it threatens to encompass and to destroy the mighty prospects and wishes only hopefulness can afford.
God cannot lie…
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. – Matthew 24:35 KJV
Jesus said it and he cannot tell a lie because, he is holy and he is God. There is no doubting his words. Doubting leads to fear and fear to unbelief.
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