Lazaroo – Monday, August 10, 2009
Aug 10, 2009 I Lazaroo.
Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with transparent honesty:
“I was very much afraid.”
(Nehemiah 2:2)
I know You don’t want me to be afraid of anyone or anything except You, Jesus.
But I am.
Not always, of course…
but too often.
I don’t want to be.
I long not to be.
But try though I might, fear sometimes creeps in.
Oh, it may slink in disguised as anger. But few, if any, are fooled. As hard as it is for me to admit it, down deep I know: It’s still fear.
Fear that is
stalking me
hounding me
stealing my confidence.
Deliver me, O God! Remind me of
Your love
Your power
Your goodness
and Your promise that You will
never leave me
never forsake me
never abandon me.
On You, my solid Rock I stand!
All other ground is sinking sand.
All other ground is sinking sand.
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Ecclesiastes 8:13; Isaiah 8:12; Isaiah 35:3-4; Isaiah 41:9-13; Isaiah 51:7-8; Lamentations 3:55-66; 1 Peter 3:13-14; Matthew 10:28; John 14:27; Hebrews 13:5-6; Psalms 16:8-11; Matthew 7:24-27; 1 Corinthians 10:1-4
Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
Jeff Says:
This is something that I have been working on more diligently over the past month. Fear does disguise itself in many ways – still it is fear and it is the opposite of faith.
Aug 10, 2009, 8:40 amLord, increase my faith and drive out my fear. I am yours!