“Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him. With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.--2nd Chronicles 32:8
My life in time and eternity are Yours, Father. I will walk with You in boldness because my relationship with You is unbreakable. Nothing can separate me from Your love.
Thank you that you have NOT given me the spirit of fear but instead have given me Your power, Your love and Your mind! These all became mine when I believed. You have enlightened my eyes with the light of Your life and have given me understanding to know what is the hope of your calling, the riches of the glory of my inheritance and the exceeding greatness of Your power toward me who believe. Your love has been poured out in my heart...I can love as You love...focused not on me but on You, my Father in heaven. By your Spirit of grace I can now seek the good of others before my own.
I don't want my circumstances to move me and cause me to react in a way that is not honoring to You . I don't want even to consider my own life dear to me, but, like Paul, I want to finish my course with joy, testifying of you at all times and in all things. Fear is from the enemy and walks in total opposition to Your perfect love. It is evil and filled with self seeking. Your word tells me that anything that is not from faith is sin. Oh, Father, I confess I fail here so often...my first and last thoughts each and every day are of me. Help me to walk in your perfect love that casts out fear and self seeking. Help to surrender to what You want and put aside my fears for I have not received the spirit of bondage but the Spirit of adoption whereby I can cry Abba, Father! I am your precious daughter and can go boldly to Your throne for grace to help in time of need.
In You Father, I live and move and have my being. In You, my Light of Life, I see light! My Redeemer lives! You have delivered my soul from the pit and released me from my fear of death. Even when the darkness closes in, You are the light all about me. Yay, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil because You walk with me and comfort me. There is no fear in Your perfect love...fear involves torment. Oh Father, make me perfect in Your love. You are my help and my shield and my soul waits for You. My heart rejoices in You, my Savior and trusts in Your holy name. Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon me!
When I focus on You and draw my very life from You...when I surrender and meditate on Your word...when I seek Your wisdom and grace...when I want Your will and your purposes...when I abide in You and seek Your kingdom first all the rest is added unto me. "Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit saith the Lord of Hosts."
Father, may Your word be my treasure. May spending time with You at Your throne of grace be where my attention and time is devoted. Let me desire like Paul to know nothing but Your Son, Jesus Christ and Him crucified. This is wisdom! Help me to find my peace in this life in You at Your feet. May You be my consolation and comfort in death and may I have joy forever in Your everlasting arms.
