Worry "Fears Signal"

We talked again abour fear in the last blog. Its the enemy of faith and when tolerated will contaminate faith. they cannot coexist. Where fear is there is an absence of faith. The good news is God has placed in our hands the means whereby faith is produced THE WORD OF GOD! Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God(Rom 10:17) In this blog were going to discuss one of fears greatest and most evident signals. WORRY "Worry is like a rocking chair it keeps us busy getting us nowhere" "Worry is interest paid on trouble" "Worry is belief in despair" "Worry is the certainty that disaster is going to happen" "Worry is a polluted stream that drowns all forms of faith" Usually anxiety is connected to it. God says through the mouth of Paul Be careful for nonething(Phil 4:6) The amplified translation says have no fret or anxiety about anything. Now get this phrase WORRY IS MEDITATION. The bible instructs us to meditate on the word day and night(Josua 1:8, Psalm 1:3) Now there have been people that have been like How is that even possible? Just thinking about the word all day and night? Well this is what were doing when were worrying. Remember awhile back the Lord brought forth the fact that mediation = DIGESTION. Worry and fear are hooked, worrying is meditating on a possible outcome being negative. Well that is the spirit of fear at work and we seen earlier that it can and will become a self fulfilling prophecy and come upon us. Three things about worry. Number one, Its sin. God said through the mouth of paul Whatsoever is not of faith is SIN(Rom 14:23) He than again said through the mouth of James Whosoever knows to do good and doeth not to him it is sin(Jms 4:17) We as believers are called to be believers not worriers! You see we know better and the more we know the more accountability we have. Jesus said to much is given, much shall be required(Luke 12:48) So with the knowing factor comes responsibility. The wages of sin is death and it happens ten times out of ten. The litteral definition there of death is loss of life. Jesus said that he came that we might have life and life more abundantly, the amplified says life to the full until it OVERFLOWS! This life will be lost through the sin of worry. It severs joy and sacrifices peace on the alter of idle thoughts that are attempting to exalt themselves against the knowledge of God. Number two, Worry is a killer. Jesus said the thief comes not but to steak KILL and destroy(John 10:10) Medical science is now determing what the SCRIPTURES have been declaring and decreeing for thousands of years. Worry releases chemicals in the body that shut down its ability to defend against disease. God has placed in us an awesome immune systen with cells called the "THE KILLER TS. They are like natural antibodies. Havent you like ever heard someone say "Your worrying yourself SICK" There is like a ton of truth in that! Jesus said the thief doesent just want to bother us, he wants to KILL US! Can we believe and trust in red letters? Oh yeah they are the words of the one that cannot lie! God said through the mouth of Paul Neither give place to the devil(Eph 4:27) Is worrying giving the devil a place to kill? ABSOLUTELY! Matterofact one of the negative chemicals released in such a state it chortesol. Its objective is to breakdown the system causing and creating suseptability to heart disease diabeties cancer ect... Number three, Worry is utterly useless. Jesus asks a question How can we by TAKING THOUGHT(aka WORRYING) add a cubit to our stature?(Matt 6:27) the answer, ABSOLUTELY NONETHING! worry has never dried a tear, answered a question, solved a problem lifted a burden or moved a mountain. How to be put an end to worry? Number one, Change. change is a choice. Choose this day, I have set before you life and death CHOOSE LIFE(Deut 30:19) We have to change our way of thinking. Its just like using the remote to change the television channels. Number two, Correct. Be quick to make the neccessary corrections. Consider the areas that you've worried about the most and have correction through instruction by the word of God. Number three, Creed. In other words make a creed before the Lord that you from this day forth will refuse to worry by quickly taking every thought into captivity. Get some commnion elements and take them before the Lord sealingthe deal. We dont have to wait until were in church, were already a royal priesthood unto God(1 Peter 2:9) Now dont misinterpret or misunderstand what Im saying. Its good to take communion to take communion cooperately. its just that we dont have to wait to take it. We are priest unto God(Rev 1:6) Number four Concern. The reason I mention this final one is because there many that cloak worry under the label of concern. We all have to be caustious and careful about that. Its easy to do! Concern is like natural, however it can be quickly turned into worry in a nanosecond. So lets conclude by saying Worry is fears signal. We mustrealize that when were doing it, fear is AT WORK. Its objective is to create substance of the negative we dont hope for to happen.