Faith over Fear!

Day 8.

Very early in my walk with Jesus, I was in a life threatening situation where I had to decide whether to listen to the advice of a medical professional or trust and believe in God. The enemy was hard at work in my mind trying to convince me that if I did not take the hard and unforeseen route, I would die and leave my son behind. I had to make a choice: God or Science.

I would like to interject this narrative at this point with a disclaimer, which is that, I am not saying don’t seek medical advice, when health related issues arise, but I am advising you to gain wisdom and discernment by seeking the Lord.

This was the first time I heard Jesus’s voice audibly. He told me “ Don’t trust in man, but trust in me”. At this time in my life, I didn’t know anything about Proverbs 3:5-6. If I am to be honest. I did not read the bible like I should have. I didn’t know anything about faith. I am a medical person by profession, and at that time I was trying to get my head around what this “voice” was telling me to do. It made no logical sense to me. This is also how I knew it wasn’t me. All I knew was fear, facts and knowledge that was my go to. So I was like, “Ok, if I feel fear, what is the opposite to that? That is what I want. I needed that to overcome fear and that is when I found faith.

So what is faith? The Bible says ”Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.“(Hebrews 11:1)

I knew that I needed to step out of fear, there was no other way to do that other than putting all my trust in him. That is what I did. I didn’t know the outcome, I couldn’t see the results, all I knew was that I had to obey God’s voice. Today, I can testify of what faith in God can do. Obedience to his voice has meant that, I am now the mother of three boys. Doctors told me that this would be medically impossible. They had never seen anything like this before.

Oh how we serve a mighty and powerful God and all the glory goes to him. all I did was have faith as small as a mustard seed.

You may be in this fast right now, struggling with fear, doubt and unbelief. You may be questioning: How will I finish this fast? But, let me say this, these fears are NOT of God! Many people will tell you it’s humanly impossible, to complete a 40 day water fast, but as we all know, the bible says that by faith all things are possible for those who trust in the Lord (Matthew 19:26). Saints, you need to demonstrate your faith in this fast. Without faith it is also impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6). For we walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7) So, today, I want to encourage you to walk with faith knowing that you can do all things by his strength (Philippians 4:13).

Daily manna to meditate on…..

Today’s reading are taken from:

Hebrews 11: 1-39. 

”It is better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in man. “Psalms 118:8 AMP

”In God, whose word I praise; In God I have put my trust; I shall not fear. What can mere man do to me?“ Psalms 56:4 AMP

Food for thought……

Do you have any testimonies of how God has helped you increase your faith? If, so share it with someone today, and blessed them.