This is a guest post by fellow minister and friend Matt Boudwin from The Fountain Of Life Center in New Jersey.
Are you afraid of the dark... or maybe the Boogieman?
Everyone seems to fear something different, some people even boast that they are fearless.
I think that's just a cover up... but anyways, I digress.
I remember one time when I was younger I was at a Labor Day festival. At this festival people wove in and out of rows upon rows of someones old used junk, searching for some useless piece of treasure to fill their living rooms with. (Next week probably regretting they spent any money on what they thought at the time was unique.)
As I was wandering thru the seemingly endless rows of stuff, I laid my eyes upon the most treasured of ALL 90's kids possessions: a life sized G.I. Joe action figure.
I ran towards the table where Joe was sitting on an old rocking chair and I was greeted by the most hideous creature I had ever seen... A clown! I was so startled that I froze.
There I was, in the midst of hundreds of people revolving around these tables like bees in the hive; FROZEN. I could not even turn my face away. I was immobilized. The clown lurked closer and handed me a balloon animal. I believe it was a dog or maybe a giraffe, whatever it was, it was mutated just like my makeup covered friend.
As the oddly shaped balloon left the clowns hands it promptly popped in my face! Which sent my young brain into a tunnel of terror which I could not escape. The devilish clown thought this was the funniest thing to ever happen. His or Her smile grew larger than I thought humanly possible and IT laughed as if it had just heard the funniest joke of all time. The clown promptly skipped away as if nothing had happened...
As my grandmother walked me towards the table I couldn't even communicate to her what had actually caught my eyes in the first place.
Needless to say, I left that even traumatized and G.I. Joe-less.
I HATE CLOWNS.
Have you ever wanted something so badly but alls that seems to happen is clowns get in your way? Maybe some other fear is gripping you from reaching your destination or goal.
Do not let fear grip you.
It will immobilize and destroy your opportunity for achieving what God wants for your life. After all Fear is only a distraction. It is the Enemy's way of pulling your focus off of the prize that is before you. Hopefully stopping you dead in your tracts long enough for you to lose sight of the prize.
Maybe there is a situation that your facing right now where fear of failure or fear of not being good enough is stopping your progress.
Remember that the God who created everything... is on your side and He is obligated to protect those that love Him.
Psalms 118:6 says "The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"
Time to take out the clowns in your life. Conquer fear with the Word of God.
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