Where does your trust lie?

A message from our convener.

What's bothering you? What are your fears? Not spiders and roaches… what are the problems that keep you up at night? This blog post reflects how real our fears are and how scary they can sometimes be.

Storytime

Years ago, I started to question a lot things, but the one on my mind the most was not having kids. If you know my age now, you would probably wonder why I thought of such, but I did. Why? I was so scared of the idea that I would be responsible for a child who ultimately would not live out God's plan for his or her life, and I was a perfect example of it.

The things I had gotten involved with up until that point were just despicable… if someone told me that I would be writing this… you know how that goes. Not only that, the things you can say off the top of your mind that could go wrong in this life are just innumerable. The task of being responsible for another human's life was too scary to think about.

I spoke with a lot of people about it, but I got a lot of the same response… "but you changed, didn't you?" I always refuted, "that was not the point! What about all the people who didn't?" I ended relationships, ruined friendships, missed opportunities because of that fear. Ultimately, what that fear developed to was "marriage ain't for me then."

In the Nigerian culture, everyone knows that you don't just utter those words because you would not hear the last of them from the older generation and your peers.

What Changed?

One day in church, I explained my position on it to a friend, and he said, "have you tried telling God about it?" I hadn't. I didn't think God was interested in this kind of stuff, yunno. At that time, I thought, "why to bother God with such? I mean, we've got bigger stuff to focus on like evangelism and ministry and stuff."

Little did I know that God is interested in every single affair of my life. All I have to do is literally hand everything over to him.

Psalm 34:4 (AMP)

"I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears."

How's that relevant to you?

The last few weeks have tested my ability to cast my cares. I followed all the possible guidelines to stay safe, but when I got the call that my Covid test came back positive, I felt my heart skip a beat. I had taken the tests before, and I was negative, so I was pretty confident that this one wouldn't be any different. To add to that, I was not in the best of moods, so I was slacking spiritually. In other words, I wasn't confident that I was going to stay healthy.

As much as I tried to play it cool, I panicked because I had a headache and a cold, although I was not terribly sick. My mind flipped it to being, "bro, you sure you're not having symptoms for real?"

Psalm 139:23

God, I invite your searching gaze into my heart. Examine me through and through; find out everything that may be hidden within me. Put me to the test and sift through all my anxious cares.

It was all cool and calm till I sneezed out blood. Now my head was all over the place… "you better go check the internet and find out what's going on." Now I'm actually petrified. Then I look up from the sink and into the mirror, and the words from that scripture flashed through my head…

Philippians 4:6

Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by Prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.

As I was contemplating picking up my phone to google Covid-19 symptoms, I knew if I searched and saw something similar, my fear would only grow. I paused and thought about it and examined my face, and it turned out I cut myself.

As Christians, we tend to act more out of fear than out of faith because we forget who we are and who lives inside us. Those fears may be so real sometimes that you could literally feel them and have genuine defenses and reasons for them, but in the end, they're just fears. Nothing more!

What fears are you allowing to terrify you? "Cast your cares on his shoulders, for he cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7).

The power in committing everything to God's hands would amaze you. God has big plans for our generation, and having these worries would only slow us down and, worse off, hinder us from fulfilling his purpose.

Today's Prayer: "Lord, show me what holds my mind hostage. Reveal to me what I fear most and by the power of your spirit, help me face them. AMEN!"

Now more than ever, we have to learn to toss ALL of our problems, issues, and challenges at Jesus' feet. And it's a straightforward step by step process; (try it right now) God Bless you!

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If the Holy Spirit showed you something, please leave a comment so we can all benefit.

God bless you. Jesus loves you!

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