Spirit of fear

While we had a great weekend, God was also busy with us. We have been busy organizing our move to Zambia, but somewhere satan came in and he planted a seed of fear in my heart. And it started to grow.

I am very scared of snakes. God has always protected my, and in all our time in Liberia, and dozens of snakes on our property, I was never the one to come upon them. But in the 2-3 weeks before we went away, I twice foudn little snakes right infront of our house. And slowly this fear grew out of proportion. My fear is not so much for myself, but for my children, who may not always realize the danger.

Then we went on this breakaway weekend, and I took my fear with me. I kept checking everywhere if there were no snakes in little cracks or near our 'house'. We went into a national park, and I got out of the car to look from a viewpoint. And yes, you guest it.

And I could feel the fear take over all my logic. For the rest of the day, I kept thinking of the song: God's not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, power and a sound mind- based on the verse in 1 Tim 1:7. Yet, still I felt the fear.

 

Later that night we went to walk around the dam above where we lived, me checking the ground. And then God got me to look up, with the MOST beautiful sunset I have seen in a very long time.

 



And in that moment: I felt God ask me, that if He is the God that can create such beauty, such immense miracles daily, can I not trust Him to keep my foot safe where ever I may tread? And trust Him with my children?

And the Peace of God, came down over my heart. He is in control!