Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 254
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Fear
is a destructive spirit. But, as God’s
people, we have a different Spirit to empower us when any temptation to “fall”
captive to worries and fears surfaces (2
Timothy 1:7). Michael gives us one of
the most beautiful verses in God’s Word on this issue. Let Holy Spirit bring peace to your heart as
you read this day’s writing.
DAY 211
No Fear in
Love
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with
punishment. The one who
fears is not made perfect in love. --I John 4:18
Alex Mathew in India tells of a friend he had, Michael
Francis, who had a career and a family when he contracted leprosy. Once his
disease had been cured, he stood in front of the hospital filled with fear.
Would his family come and pick him up? They did not. He said he had faced his worst fear,
the fear that they would not come, and yet he stood. In Jesus, he still stood! From that day he was never afraid again. He sat
homeless on a concrete slab in the streets and told Alex, "See this
concrete that I sleep on? It is as soft as velvet. I have found it to be the
Savior's lap."
What is your
worst fear? Have you ever feared
what you would do if you lost someone you love? Have you ever feared that the
person you love might say to you, "I do not love you; I never loved you”?
Have you feared that your inferiority, worthlessness, lack of acceptableness,
and deficiency of love might be revealed? It is just fear. When it comes, do you know that if you have Jesus, fear
will wash over you like a wave, and you, too, will still be standing? It is an amazing thing to be
confronted at last with your worst fear and to find yourself still standing.
You will find it a liberating
experience, just as Michael Francis did, and you will be free in a new way, knowing there is
nothing left to lose, and therefore, there is nothing to fear.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
Alex Matthew’s friend, Michael Francis, faced his fear NOT in his own
power, but in Christ. Christ in him, his
hope, delivered Michael Francis from his worst fear. Amen!
And isn’t it amazing that “from that day he was never afraid again.” Hallelujah!
That is what “perfect love,” Jesus Christ, is all about. Michael Francis made a choice…to trust and
rest in Jesus Christ.
No matter what “life” throws into our path, Michael Wells has shown us that
LIFE will keep us where we will “still be standing.” Well, amen!
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