Wild Horses: Tame Your EmotionsSample

Fear was not God’s original plan for humankind. It entered man’s soul in the garden of Eden as a product of sin. Adam talked with God as a child speaks with his father. But when Adam sinned, “The LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, where art thou?” (Genesis 3:9, KJV). Fear entered the world.

God knew fear had already attacked Adam and Eve’s emotions. He knew their disobedience had begun working death in them. Fear will destroy you. It will attack your mind and your body and bring up your past. It will fill you with shame.

The spirit of fear continues in men because sin continues to rule their lives. Fear comes into the heart by sin. It is then sustained by repeated sin. It invades the soul, continually causing the person to return to their sin so that it might continue to live. Sin keeps you coming back for more because every time you do, its power grows in your life.

Fear will relentlessly attack your mind and say, “You’re too exhausted to endure. You’re too weak to win. Just give up.” Fear speaks in lies. You must shout back in faith, “No! I am more than a conqueror through Christ, and nothing is impossible with God!”

You gain the strength to fight fear by continually returning to find refuge under the wings of the Lord. If you are fighting fear like a lone ranger, eventually you will fall. But if you wait upon the Lord and call upon God, you will renew your strength. In Him you will find victory over fear’s attack.

Fear will bring up your past and accuse you. But that is contrary to the Word of God. Faith shouts back, “Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more” (Romans 5:20, NKJV). God’s grace is greater than all your sin. You may have been a professional sinner, but the grace of God is greater.

You may have even committed murder. Did you know David killed Uriah the Hittite, Moses killed the Egyptian who was beating the Israelite slave, and Paul consented to the death of Stephen?

They’re all in Heaven because they repented. God’s grace is greater than any sin. No matter what you’ve done or how far you’ve gone, you can always repent and turn once again to God. God’s grace is greater still.