Fear is The Absence of Faith

Well I haven't blogged in a while and I've been itching to lately!! I've been walking in my flesh a lot lately. Let me break it down for you the way it was broken down for me. First off who really knows what carnally minded means? If you already did then bravo, cause I didn't have a clue. It means "five senses minded". To elaborate, how many of us have had our feeling hurt and because of it, we say or did things we shouldn't have? How many of us have done something "in the moment" because right then and there it felt so right, only the regret it shortly there after. That is being carnally minded. When we are walking in our flesh we want what WE want. When we are walking in our spirit, we want what God wants for us. It's really put a rift in my confidence and caused me to question things that God's already given me the answer to.

"An unknown road can seem dark until you fully let God lead you, other people can help but at the end of the day make sure he's the one guiding you from one moment to the next, through pain and through happiness. Hold tight to the light, it is always the right way."

God is a funny guy. I feel like that was his own little sarcastic way of telling me 'it's going to be fine, don't you trust me? Don't you know what I want for you?'

Whenever I begin to worry or lose sight that God is leading my every way I begin to think of when Jesus led the disciples out onto a boat. As they were floating out in the ocean hanging out, a large storm approached and the disciples began to become nervous that they were going to drown and the boat would sink. Jesus then said, "Have you no faith?" I mean, come on!!! Could you imagine being in a boat with Jesus and then begin to doubt his ability to keep you safe. Then I realize, wow, I do that every day almost every minute of my life. I begin to worry and question if God THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE doesn't have everything planed for me. When in reality He has the best plan.

I get so scared and all for nothing. Yes, my plans they have turned out in ruins in the past, but His plans.. well they don't ever turn out that way. I remember hearing once, "Our plan don't always turn out but have we ever thought that maybe thats because what falls apart and may seem terrible may be the very thing to put everything together." Have we ever thought that our plans don't happen because Gods plans are far better. I just have to let Him guide me, mold me, hold me, and teach me, that His will for my life is perfect. Fear is simply the absence or lack of faith in the Creator of all time. I am foolish for shrinking the abilities of my God. Foolish or not He's still got His hand held out, just waiting for me to let Him lead. I humbly surrender.