#FiveMinuteFriday and today’s word prompt is When. I hope you will be free from worry and fear when you pray this prayer and be blessed by the words of the song of the same name. Don’t skip the song!
“From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.” Psalm 61:2,3.
It is overwhelming to be on this planet Earth at this period in time. Wars and rumors of more wars abound. People are going hungry, even in the wealthiest nation in the world. The terrorism threat is real, it is very real. Violence, anger, civil unrest, are all common every day occurrences all around the world. We can easily be overwhelmed and our heart beats faster, even seems to skip a beat, all because of fear and worry.
When. At what time. Referring to a time or circumstance.
Overwhelmed. Bury or drown beneath a big mass. Defeat completely.
Heart. The central or innermost part of something.
Slave. A person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
Fear and worry consume us until we are crippled. This keeps us from being joyful and from doing the will of God. It is Satan’s most effective weapon. It ties our hands and keeps our mind running in a thousand directions just trying to figure a way out of our situation, whatever it may be. “The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.'” Romans 8:15.
We belong to Him! We are sons and daughters of the King!
When. But when we turn that fear over to our God, at what time we decide to let it go, we can instantly be free from its grip and its choke hold. Stop what we are doing and take control with the Word of God, turning the enemy on his heels to run like the devil.
Overwhelmed. When we are defeated, completely defeated, seemingly drowning under the heaviest load we could have imagine, we stop. We grab the Word of God and use it as our defense. We call on the Name of Jesus, the only One who can literally save us, and let Him be our defense! Let Him fight our battles, allow the God who created the heavens and the earth to undo the mess, fix the problem, or pick us up and carry us through.
Heart. It is our innermost everything. It carries all of our worries and fears and our happies and sad’s. (I know I made those words up. Yay, me!) When we keep all of these fears and worries bottled up in our hearts they can drag us down and keep us bound.
Slave. Personal property of another, forced to obey. Satan is a master slave driver. It is not the will of God we stay bound to this enemy! The Bible says to “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7 NIV. Submit to God first, then resist! Use the Word of God, he has to obey.
So here is a little prayer for you when you decide you are no longer afraid of fear. Pray it outloud, print it out and post it on your fridge!
At what time the innermost part of me is drowning beneath a big mass and I feel completely defeated, lead me to the rock that is higher than I am. You have always been my shelter and a tower, a strong refuge that keeps me safe from the enemy. You have never left me, never forsaken me and even though I feel as if I am being buried alive because of my circumstance, I trust You. I believe all things will work together for my good and even if I cannot see it now, I will not live here forever.
My son introduced me to this amazing song this week. When you listen to it, be forever blessed. I promise it will strengthen you. I’m no longer a slave to fear…
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This was such a blessing to read to today and I love that song!!Can’t get it out of my head.
I love that song Kathryn! My son did it at worship Sunday in Murfreesboro, it was powerful. So good to hear from you twice today! I am blessed ♥
Bless your heart, Suzie! I know what you are talking about. Usually everything I write is to myself first. I have struggled with different fears most of my life and it would be easy to get consumed by it now. I wrote a post today about the Martyred 21 and Counting the Cost. You can read it here and hopefully it will encourage you too http://www.hopeinthehealing.com/2015/02/17/the-martyred-21-counting-the-cost/ So glad you are following Hope in the Healing. I pray we can get to know one another better and bind together to see many souls come into the Kingdom. If God be for us…Amen! ♥
I truly needed to hear this today. As you may of seen the news this week of 21 Christians being beheaded by Isis. When I saw that I found it very hard to return back to the joy of my day and I struggled all day & night. With all that is going on around us even in our own country it is so troubling my heart. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. The part you wrote about “:Slave. Personal property of another, forced to obey. Satan is a master slave driver. It is not the will of God we stay bound to this enemy! The Bible says to “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7 NIV. Submit to God first, then resist! Use the Word of God, he has to obey.
I got chills & said YES I am not going to be a slave to Satans fear. Found you today at Titus 2sday and so happy I did! Now following your lovely blog.
Awesome song! Need to commit that chorus to memory as a mantra the next time fear and insecurity try to take over. Love this post (and love that we’re neighbors at two linkups today :))
I need to adopt that word too. In Jesus’ name!
Amen, Cheryl. I love that, 365 times! Every single day!
Amen! Walking through fear….I love that!
Thank you, Rhoda! You are right, He is bigger than everything I am worried about! Blessings ♥
I love that phrase, ‘Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I’ – it just reminds me that He is bigger than everything that I’m worried about it, and I can relax! Thank you for your blog post, and that lovely song 🙂
I’m always so proud of myself for walking through fear, for facing it and not allowing it to control me! 🙂
I love the fact that God says in His Word “Do not fear” 365 times; He knew we would need to be reminded daily! Fear is a killer. And you’re right; we need to remember where it originates: For God has not given us the spirit of fear! Thanks for writing on this important topic.
What amazing encouraging words. To be released from fear is something special indeed. A few years ago my word of the year was Fearless, and it changed my life. Love your words!
Thank you Debbie! So glad you came by. I can’t get the song out of my head. ♥ You split the sea so I could walk right through it!!
Thank you for the beautiful words, the prayer and the song. Powerful. Joining you from FMF