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When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, “It’s a ghost.” – Matthew 14:26(NLT)
FEAR CAN MAKE US IMAGINE THINGS
A poem and essay by ILMA
When fear creeps in, it can mess our perspective
It filters our viewpoint and focus on the negative
We fail to see the beautiful and the lessons
We only focus on controlling the unknown.
The Lord didn’t give us a spirit of fear but of love
He wants us to seek him and keep our focus above
When terror hits you, that is the time to run to him
He will ease and comfort you so you can be free.
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In Matthew 14, we witnessed how terrified the disciples were when they saw Jesus walking on water. Because of their terror, they failed to recognize him and saw a ghost instead. Don’t we do this in our lives as well? When God brings us someone to convict us of a sin or a weakness in our lives, we fail to see that God wants us to learn something from that person. When the Lord brings us a miracle, we don’t see it as such because we try to analyze and theorize with our minds so our hearts fail to hear or see what God is actually working on us. We need to keep focusing on him so that fear will be converted to faith and hope.
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PRAYER
Lord, keep us looking at you so we won’t let fear creep in.
REFLECTION
What fears have kept you from seeing the truth?
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