Fear Not!

Do you know that as children of God and in the name of Jesus you and I do have spiritual authority over the enemy? Satan is always looking for an opportune time to launch the attacks on you. His attacks are real in the spiritual realm, in the mind and in the physical realm as well.

Do you know that when you encounter a spiritual attack or when you have a crisis moment, a life and death situation you can rise up in the name of Jesus to tell the ruthless enemy to take his hand off you, your family and your property? You can rise up in your faith in God and in the name of Jesus and His authority to rebuke the spirit of “deaf and mute”, “unclean spirit” “tormented and oppressing spirits” and to command the spirits to leave and never to enter again.

Spiritual warfare is a real thing. It’s not a game. It’s not an “if I don’t want to play the game or if I don’t believe it real then I don’t suffer or lose anything.” If you are a child of God, a disciple of Christ, you are in the middle of the spiritual warfare. It’s on-going assault. The enemy will try to do everything to stop you from having that close connection with God, with Jesus and the Holy Spirit as your Commander in Chief who leads the fighting of the battles for you and me.

The enemy will use fear tactics like sending you some types of symptoms of an illness, sickness or disease. Your normal reaction would be fear, doubt and worry. When you go and see a doctor, and the doctor has given you some bad news then you might worry more and fear more and if it is a very bad news of some types of cancer then you might lose hope. You might choose to dwell in sadness.

You just have to remember God does not own any kind of sickness. The Father wants to give you the Best. God does not have any serious illness or a simple headache to give you so you can thank Him or give Him glory through your enduring it; you might have thought you are bearing the cross. Jesus does not throw terminal disease on you so you can heal the sickness in His Name. Jesus does not put demons in you or allows the evil spirits to come in you so that you can be taught how to cast out these evil spirits in His Name. You just have to remember that you have an enemy, and his name is Satan. He is the evil one, the one who comes to steal, kill and destroy.

You might have followed the weather channel forecasting the changes in the weather of today or tomorrow of the recession or the stock market. You might have some fear and doubt about losing your jobs, of not having enough to provide for your families until you find another job; you might worry about your 401K, your investment and your retirement portfolio.

The number or values might have decreased quite substantially or gone completely. What will you do? Will you trust man and man’s ability to save you or to rescue you out of the pit of sadness and despair? Or will you trust God to provide for you and your families. Philippians 4:19 says that my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

You and I have a great God! He is Almighty. His Name is above every name. His authority is absolute and powerful. Don’t be afraid any more of the enemy. Don’t run and take cover like you used to do before. Stand up. Stand firm in your faith in Christ Jesus and on the everlasting Word of God.

Stand on His promises for you and speak to your circumstances, your illness or sickness or your terminal disease. Fear not of the economy forecast of the gloom and doom reports. Don’t ever lose courage. Don’t ever lose faith in God. He cares for you, and He is fighting the battles for you.

Trust in the One who rose from the grave. Rely on the One who holds in His hands the keys of Death and Hades. With Jesus in the boat your boat and mine will safely reach shore. There will always be peace and order and calmness in the midst of the raging storms of life. Listen to His voice. Hear His commands over the winds and the waves. They listened to Him.

With trust in the Lord your God, with faith in Jesus Christ and in the Name of Jesus of Nazareth and in His authority, speak the word and experience the power of God actively at work to confirm His Word. Your relationship with God, your intimacy with Christ will be key to your victory.

Have faith in God and have faith also in Jesus. Fear not! “Lo, I am always with you…”

Pastor Linh