Sunday, January 21, 2018

The Place of your Fear, the Place of your Victory

“So He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there. I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.” (Gen 46:3, 4). 

Many people have not been able to maximize their potential in life because, they are seeing the place of their victory as the place of their fear. A classic example is when the disciples of Jesus were in the midst of the storm. Jesus came walking on the stormy sea and there is every indication that His motive was to calm the storm at the end of the day. However, instead of rejoicing his disciples were crying, seeing their deliverer as a fearful ghost (Mat 14:24-27).

There can never be growth without change. It is said that, the best definition of insanity is trying to get different results by using the same procedure. Sometimes for you to grow to the next level, you need to stretch yourself a little bit more and do some things you have never done before, which you are afraid to do. Paul the Apostle said, ‘forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus’ (Philippians 3:13-14). Bob Gass calls this ‘The rubber band principle’. And he says that ‘all rubber bands work on the same principle; they must be stretched to be effective. Anybody who has achieved anything of note has been stretched to their limit. There are no exceptions.

One of the most common mistakes is, thinking that success in life is due to some genius or some ‘special something-or-other’ you don’t possess. Get rid of that thinking, success comes when you stretch to meet the challenge; failure comes when you shrink back from it’. Always remember that, the difference between extraordinary people and ordinary people is the little extra. There are many people going through life with a go-easy attitude, waiting for doors to be opened. But remember, for some doors to be opened you sometimes need to go and knock on them. Jesus said ‘Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you’ (Mat 7:7).

What are the places of your victory that have become the place of your fear? Today, ask God for strength and guidance, and stretch yourself a little bit to get there, go the extra mile, and through Christ you shall conquer those giants. Do your best and leave the rest to God. God’s Word for you today is, ‘I am God…do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there. I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again;’ (Gen 46:3, 4).




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