Good morning Champ. Here’s breakfast.
Proverbs 29:25 (NIV)
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe.
Fear of man is something that can affect us all at one time or another if we allow it. The bottom line is we shouldn’t! When we know that God has positioned us and called us to do or be something we just need to stand up and be what He has called us to be.
Fear of man is a snare and it can catch you, trap you, and stop you being what you have been designed to be. Hey, Champion, be aware of it and keep free from it.
When God gives a dream or a vision often you can know it is God because within you you hear that old voice saying stuff like, “What will people think?”. The true answer should simply be, “who gives a rip”. If God has given something to you what does mans opinion matter anyway?
Remember what God said to Joshua when he appointed Him to carry on from Moses and to take the children of Israel into their inheritance. He said, “Do not look at their faces.” What does that mean? It means do not let them effect you by the way they are looking at you or the comments they may be making.
Look at the verse now from The Message:
Proverbs 29:25 (The Message)
The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in God protects you from that.
The cure for avoiding being disabled by the fear of man or in other words, human opinions, is to trust in the Lord and he will keep you from every snare.
Don’t be caught in a snare today. If God has given you a dream or asked you to do something and you know it, then don’t look at the faces of those who don’t understand to determine whether you should do it or not. Look up into the eyes of your Heavenly Father and as it has once been termed, “feel the fear and do it anyway”!
When an animal is caught in a snare it stops Him running free and enjoying the freedom he was designed to know. It is the same with us. If we let people’s opinions stop us from doing what God says we can do then we are acting like rabbits who have one leg caught and it is preventing his whole body of from going where he wants to. Don’t get caught, but run free again today!
Bless you.
Andy
A devotional by Pastor Andy Elmes to inspire you with a godly thought to start your day well. God’s word is indeed the breakfast of champions.
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