“Pastor, sometimes I just notice that I’m afraid that something bad may happen to me. What could be causing it?”

That feeling of fear is actually a red flag that indicates prolonged spiritual inactivity, and that you may not be able to neutralize an attack from the enemy. A believer who is active or hot never feels fear, because his assurance of God’s love and faith in Him is at the tip of His heart.

One of the reasons why God charges us to meditate on His word day and night, and even pray without ceasing, is because He knows that the human nature abhors a vacuum. If you don’t fill your heart with words of faith, then life will fill it with words of fear. Either way, your heart has to be filled with words.

Every human being lives by words that are deep seated in their hearts. Nobody lives in fear without a reason that was not first captured in words. Images or actions don’t actually scare people, it is the words we create from those pictures that does. Just because someone was robbed in your neighborhood doesn’t mean you can also be robbed at any time, that’s just your mind putting that action you witnessed in words. If there’s anything I’ve learnt from Jesus’s teachings, it’s that our words can both condemn us or justify us.

Just as it is easy for weeds to fill an undeveloped land, words of fear can fill the heart of a believer who isn’t deliberate about filling his heart with God’s word. So instead of allowing yourself to be condemned by unhealthy words, fill your heart with God’s word and use them whenever you witness actions or get presumptions that may introduce unhealthy words to your heart. So the next time you witness an accident of people dying, don’t say in your heart that anybody can die at any time, no! Instead say “I shall live to fulfill the number of my days and no weapon fashioned against me shall prosper”.

Speaking of the fear you feel, I’m sure you must have noticed that while that feeling of fear is in your heart, if you meditate on a scripture you already know about God or take a moment to pray and fellowship with the Holy Spirit, that feeling of fear will dissappear and your faith will be restored.

From experience, that feeling of fear is sometimes the Lord’s way of telling you that your shield of faith is going down. The shield of faith is what we use to quench all the fiery darts of the devil; once it is completely down and your adversary notices it, these fiery darts may hit you. And believe me, it’s more difficult to recover from a hit than to prevent a hit.

That’s right! Prevention is always better than cure, even in the realm of the Spirit. Instead of allowing your strenght to fail you in the day of battle, why not build your strenght on a daily basis? Taking a momentary break from spiritual things can pose a threat to your life at any time. I heard Pastor Iren Emmanuel share a testimony concerning this; he said he fell ill for some days and decided to take a rest in other to recover quickly. While he was at it, he began to receive phone calls of tragedy from different quarters. It was either one member of his church was about to jump off a bridge or another one had just been admitted in the hospital. When he noticed that it wasn’t a coincidence, he left his resting place and went into prayers immediately. Ofcourse, things normalized.

I recently had the same issue. My health was challenged and I decided to attend to it so that I could get back to my duties. While I was busy attending to my health, some people who were connected to me started having challenges. As at the time I realized it, four of them were already heavily challenged in their health, even with a threat of death. Then I took it upon myself to pray. As I write to you, I’ve received testimony of full recovery from two of them. In fact, one of them just left my office. To tell you how much responsibility I took, I paid the medical bills of some of them.

Let me conclude with Apostle Paul’s warning in Ephesians chapter 6.

Ephesians 6:
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins gird about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.

Let’s take up the shield of faith. Actually, that’s not something we should ever joke with. Before you go to bed at night, ensure your shield of faith is active. Before you step out in the morning for your day, ensure your shield of faith is active. The world is a battlefield; don’t ever get into battle without your shield.

I hope this has brought enlightenment to someone.

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