I get it, just thought I'd share this plan I just read from you version app. I love how God works. These words may not relate to what you are experiencing but maybe it can provide a take away. I agree with Noble, maybe some of those fears are protection whispers from within.
Well here is what I just read.
Not only is fear a hindrance in your life, but it also places a filter of distorted perspective over your mind. Fear and anxiety produce worry, a false sense of security, and a desire for the things in this world.
Remember that out of fear you develop a desire for something that is unable to fulfill you? The need for recognition, to please people, for financial stability, the dependence on another--these things become something you crave, perhaps feel you need. In that place, your perspective becomes distorted. Your number one isn’t God, but instead something empty in this world.
Yesterday I hope you stopped to take stock of the fears driving your life and the struggles they produce. Today, look at how those fears and struggles affect your view on life. Do they get in the way of what’s best and most healthy for you?
Mark mentions that worry, false security, and a desire for the things of this world will choke out the word and leave your life unfruitful. Is that the kind of life you want to live? Probably not. Come back tomorrow to learn more about the proper perspective.
but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
Mark 4:19 ESV
Here is the next days
A Proper Perspective
Matthew 6:33 is one of two of my favorite verses in the Bible! It makes a mission in life so clear.
Put God first and everything that you worry about and fear will take care of itself.
Jesus is illustrating that humans worry about so many fears in our life; worry that is an overflow from our fears. And he shares that if God will take care of the birds and the vegetation, how much more will He attend to your needs?
I get it--worry comes easy and is hard to fight. But worry can cause so much harm to how God wants to use you. It’s seeps into your relationships, job, and finances, just to name a few. And when it gets in there, distrust and lack of faith takes root.
Instead of having the distorted perspective, have a proper one! The proper direction for your eyes isn’t on the things of this world and your worries, but on God. When that perspective begins to get distorted, recite this verse and fix your eyes on Jesus. That might mean putting on some worship music, or hitting the ground in prayer, or stepping back from a situation.
If you can get your eyes on God and focus on Him, all those other elements will fall into place. You cast your care to God and God will take care of everything else.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 6:33 ESV
The plan is called fear and anxiety if you are interested and it is in the you version app.
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