I will not live in fear. I will not allow Satan to have that control over my life.
A couple of weeks ago, I was reading the Thankful Thursday posts. When I ran across a post over at Where My Treasure Are, I was so saddened. You see, one of her friends lives in fear each day that the casualty officer will come to her home and tell her that her husband has been killed in action. She cries in relief each evening at 10pm when the casualty officer has not showed up.
This type of thought has come up recently in some conversations with other women that I know, and it continues to sadden me to hear these women living with this type of fear. It’s a fear that cripples them. It’s a fear that almost consumes and controls their daily lives.
As a military wife, I can totally understand what they’re going through. I may be facing it again in the near future. But, I refuse to live in that type of fear. As Christians, we can not live in fear of what may or may not happen. We need to depend completely on God for the peace that we need to live our lives each day.
Isa.26:3, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed upon thee.”
We live in a very unstable and scary time. We can live our lives in fear or we can rely on God to protect us. Does that mean that nothing bad will ever happen to us? No, but we know that all things will work together for good. God will always take care of us.
Phil 4:7, “And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
When we focus on God, it makes it much easier to stop focusing on the negative or scary things in our lives. I’ve tried to teach this to our daughter. When she has scary dreams, I encourage her to pray to God asking Him to take away the dream and help her to sleep. When we’re worried about something or concerned about something that may be going on in our lives, we need to turn to the Lord in prayer.
I will do my best to live my life in the peace of God and not let fear control me.
Psalm 23:4-5, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; my cup overflows.”
Such a truth to cling to. In a different way I learned this first living in the Bronx and ministering. I quickly learned that to bow down to my fears would prevent me from living and from being obedient to God. I was there to serve and minister; fear was something I learned that I had to hand over to God. Bowing down to fear was not option! Blessings
Heather – I too read the post over at Alycia’s blog and tear were streaming down my face.
I know that the danger for you who are married to military men are under a lot of stress.
I am glad that you and your family are able to place your fears before the throne of grace.
I admirer you and your husband for your strength.
Be blessed today and always.
Hi Heather, Yes, I have felt that way for my friend too and for others who struggle with the same thing while their husbands are in harms way. For my friend, I pray that she can focus on the Lord and the peace that only He can give. The verses you shared are perfect and Psalm 23:4-5 is one that I have clung to when we’ve been in the same situation. May your post be an encouragement to other military wives as well. Blessings to you today!
How sad–Satan is not our friend and he will use what ever he can to tear us apart.
Fear is a horrible thing–I fought it for years.
It is great to rest in th assurance that God has numbered my days from the beginning and nothing can touch me that He does not allow.
Peace.
Wonderful reminder to us all. God Bless you.
Thank you for commenting on my blog today. I visited your site for the first time. Blessings to you and your family!
Thank you for this post~ I came across your blog a few days ago for the first time. My hubby is in the AF and is currently in the Middle East. I think all of us military spouses have this fear, but I refuse to dwell on it when a few days go by and I don’t hear from the hubs. Some deal with it a lot harder than others.
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